TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1984
ANOTHER TAI PO GROWTH PROJECT
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS SPENDING $42.5 MILLION ON ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO NEW TOWN.
THE PROJECT CALLS FOR FORMATION OF ABOUT FOUR HECTARES OF LAND IN SHUI WAI FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RETRAINING ABOUT 700 METRES OF LOWER LAM TSUEN RIVER BETWEEN SHUT WAI VILLAGE AND MUI SHUE HANG.
IN INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF ASSOCIATED ROADS AND DRAINAGE WORKS, PLUS THREE FOOTBRIDGES AND RIVERSIDE PATHS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETED.
LUNAR NEW YEAR STALLS BEING OFFERED ***
A TOTAL OF 981 STALL SITES FOR SALE OF FLOWERS, DRY GOODS, SOFT DRINKS AND ICE-CREAM AT SEVEN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE PUT UP FOR LEASE IN SEPARATE PUBLIC AUCTIONS EARLY NEXT MONTH.
THE SEVEN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRS, WILL BE HELD BETWEEN FEBRUARY 13 AND 20. THEY WILL BE LOCATED AT TUEN MUN, TAI PO, TSUEN WAN, NORTH DISTRICT, KWAI CHUNG, SHA TIN AND YUEN LONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
TUEN MUN WILL BE THE FIRST DISTRICT TO HOLD THE PUBLIC AUCTION. AUCTIONING OF THE 120 STALLS AT TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND WILL BE HELD AT THE TAI HING COMMUNITY HALL, TAI HING ESTATE, ON JANUARY 7.
ON JANUARY 8, 80 STALLS AT TAI PO PLAYGROUND WILL BE OFFERED AT TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE IN HEUNG SZE WUI STREET.
THIS YEAR'S BIGGEST FAIR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE LOCATED AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN, WHERE 208 STALLS WILL BE ERECTED FOR SALE OF DRY GOODS, FLOWERS, BOTTLED DRINKS AND ICE CREAM.
THE AUCTION OF THESE STALLS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM ON JANUARY 9.
IN NORTH DISTRICT, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR'S 113 STALLS WILL BE "RECTED AT SHEK WU HUI PLAYGROUND IN SHEUNG SHUI AND THE STALLS Wit BE AUCTIONED AT THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TOWN HALL ON JANUARY 10.
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