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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1984
+IN RECENT YEARS A GREATER EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PROFUSION OF GREENERY IN THE FORM OF AMENITY PLANTING WITHIN BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS, BESIDE RIVER BANKS OR FLANKING HIGHWAYS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A MORE PLEASING LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR US ALL.
+CONSIDERABLE ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRAINING OF MA WAT RIVER WILL NOT ONLY REDUCE THE RISK OF FLOODING IN FANLING SOUTH BUT WILL ALSO PRODUCE RESULTS PLEASING TO THE EYE, + HE SAID.
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR BRYAN O'RORKE, SAID THAT THE NEW SEWAGE WORKS REPRESENTED MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK BY THE DESIGNERS AND CONTRACTORS AND HAD BEEN PLANNED TO COPE WITH THE NEW TOWN'S INCREASING POPULATION.
+BY THE MID-1990'S THAT POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO HAVE RISEN FROM ITS PRESENT 100 000 TO NEARLY 220 000 PEOPLE. PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION IF FOUND NECESSARY.+
HE SAID THAT THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN FANLING WAS INCREASING. AMONG PROJECTS EXPECTED TO START NEXT YEAR WERE THE TOWN PARK, FORMATION OF A SITE FOR HOME-OWNERSHIP PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX TO BE BUILT BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE TOWN'S MAIN SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. OTHER PROJECTS WERE ROADS AND DRAINS FOR THE FUTURE SHEK WU HUI COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CENTRE, AND THE SECOND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AT WO HOP SHEK FOR THE FOURTH PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN FANLING,
+THE VALUE OF NEW PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN FANLING EXPECTED TO START NEXT YEAR AMOUNTS TO SOME $160 MILLION TO BE ADDED TO THOSE ALREADY IN HAND, MR O'RORKE SAID.
WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS IN PREVIOUSLY RURAL AREAS, IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO ENSURE THAT ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT WAS KEPT TO A PRACTICAL MINIMUM AND MAJOR SEWAGE WORKS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT SHA TIN, YUEN LONG AND TAI PO.
IN THE CASE OF FANLING, A PILOT WORKS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE EARLY 1970'S TO TREAT SEWAGE FROM EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT METHODS OF TREATMENT.
+THE DATA GAINED FROM THE OPERATION OF THIS PILOT WORKS HAS BEEN USED IN THE CHOICE OF PROCESS AND THE DESIGN OF THE FULL-SCALE WORKS.
+ IN ADDITION, OPERATION OF THE PILOT WORKS HAS PROVIDED AN INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN THE STAFF WHO WILL RUN THE NEW WORKS, HE ADDED.
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