SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1934
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MORE INDUSTRIAL LAND FOR TUEN MUN
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ABOUT 50 HECTARES OF LAND IN TUEN MUN WILL BE PROVIDED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BY 1990 UNDER THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME,
ACCORDING TO A BOOKLET PUBLISHED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL LAND, WHICH REPRESENTS A 58 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE INDUSTRIAL LAND NOW AVAILABLE, WILL BE IN AREAS OUTSIDE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL CENTRES.
THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE PUBLICATION, ENTITLED +TUEN MUN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT+ REVEALS THE GOVERNMENT PLAN TO SET UP SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS FOR LAND-INTENSIVE AND MARINE-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES.
HOWEVER, WITH THE EMPHASIS ON A BALANCED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT IN THE NEW TOWN, THERE WILL BE A PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING AND OTHER BASIC FACILITIES AS THE NEW INDUSTRIAL LAND COMES ON STREAM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD SAID.
+AT PRESENT, THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS ARE SUITABLY LOCATED NEAR THE CENTRAL PARTS OF TUEN MUN, WITH EASY ACCESS FOR THE WORKFORCE, AND ARE DESIGNED TO FACILITATE CONVENIENT LOADING, UNLOADING AND TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS, HE SAID.
+VIRTUALLY EVERY TYPE OF INDUSTRY THAT ONE CAN THINK OF CAN BE FOUND IN TUEN MUN, HE ADDED.
+ESTABLISHED UNDERTAKINGS RANGE FROM THE ENORMOUS TAP SHEK KOK POWER PLANT, HIGH-TECH COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS COMPANIES TO SMALL SCALE FIRMS PRODUCING CHEMICALS, PLASTICS AND PAPER PRODUCTS, HE SAID.
MOST OF THESE COMPANIES OPERATE IN MULTI-STOREY FACTORY BUILDINGS WHERE ABOUT 54 PER CENT OF THE FLOOR AREAS ARE RENTED, 39 PER CENT ARE WHOLLY OWNED AND THE REMAINING SEVEN PER CENT PARTIALLY OWNED.
BY MID-1984, THE TOTAL FLATTED FACTORY FLOOR AREA USED BY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AREA (INCLUDING WAREHOUSES) EXCEEDED ONE-MILLION SQUARE METRES.
+TUEN MUN CAN PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY ANCILLARY AND SUPPORT FACILITIES REQUIRED BY INDUSTRIALISTS SUCH AS MAJOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND POWER AND WATER SUPPLY, HE SAID.
+MOREOVER, THE DISTRICT BOARD REGULARLY DISCUSS WAYS OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR BOTH THE INDUSTRY AND ITS WORKFORCE,+ HE ADDED.
+BY THE LATE 1980S, IT IS ENVISAGED THAT TUEN MUN WOULD BE A SELF-CONTAINED NEW TOWN, WITH A STRONG INDUSTRIAL BASE WELL SERVED BY A LOCAL WORKFORCE WITH AN EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
AT WILL ALLOW EASY ACCESS TO LOCAL AND WORLD MARKETS,+ HE SAID.
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