MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1985
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KWUN TONG POISED FOR NEW EXPANSION
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KWUN TONG IS POISED FOR A SECOND INDUSTRY-LED EXPANSION, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, HE CITED THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL AS AN IMPORTANT IMPETUS FOR THE EXPANSION.
+THE TUNNEL, LINKING CHA KWO LING AND QUARRY BAY, WILL NOT ONLY BRING ABOUT FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, BUT WILL ALSO MEAN THAT KWUN TONG WILL NO LONGER CONSTITUTE THE PERIPHERY OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MR MAK SAID.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY AS A NEW TOWN WITH AN INITIAL TARGET POPULATION OF 175 000 WOULD ALSO FORM AN IMPORTANT PART OF KWUN TONG'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.
+GIVEN THESE IMPORTANT CHANGES AND THE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LAND AVAILABILITY, ESPECIALLY IN KOWLOON BAY AND CHA KWO LING, KWUN TONG IS WELL POISED FOR A SECOND INDUSTRY-LED EXPANSION, + HE SAID.
MR MAK ALSO OUTLINED THE PROBLEMS KWUN TONG HAD INHERITED FROM THE PAST AND HOW THEY WERE BEING TACKLED.
ON TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, HE SAID THE REPORT OF THE EAST KOWLOON TRAFFIC STUDY HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED AND ITS MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD AIM TO SOLVE THE CONGESTION IN THE TOWN CENTRE AND
INDUSTRIAL AREA.
THE REPORT WOULD ALSO COVER PROVISIONS TO COPE WITH LOADING AND UNLOADING FACILITIES AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ARISING FROM THE INITIAL PHASES OF THE JUNK BAY DEVELOPMENT.
MR MAK ALSO SAID THAT THE LACK OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES INCLUDING SPORT GROUNDS, CULTURAL CENTRE AND HOSPITAL BEDS WAS BEING SOLVED, AND THAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT WITH THE RE-DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
HE SAID THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, WITH MORE DIRECT REPRESENTATION FROM THE PEOPLE, WOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK AFTER THE DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS.
GIVEN THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PIPELINE, AND THE DEDICATION OF THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE ITSELF, MR MAK SAID KWUN TONG WOULD BECOME A MORE PROPEROUS AND BUSIER COMMUNITY, A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER HE BE AN INDUSTRIALIST, BUSINESSMAN, WORKER OR RESIDENT+,
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