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HE THEN WENT TO LOK WAH HOUSING ESTATE IN NGAU TAU KOK, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND LATEST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN EAST KOWLOON.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE ESTATE, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 12.1 HECTARES, 19 A SMALL SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP WITH A WIDE RANGE OF COMMERCIAL, WELFARE, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
THE ESTATE CONSISTS OF 14 RENTAL DOMESTIC BLOCKS AND SIX HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BLCOKS, ACCOMMODATING ABOUT 50 000 PEOPLE.
MR CHAU THEN WENT TO THE ROOFTOP OF YIP ON FLATTED FACTORY BUILDING AND WAS BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENT IN KOWLOON BAY.
THE PARTY WENT TO THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING SITE TO SEE PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE PROJECT.
WORK ON THE $3 000 MILLION PROJECT HAS STARTED AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN JANUARY 1990. IT WILL LINK CHA KWO LING IN KOWLOON WITH QUARRY BAY ON THE ISLAND.
ACCESS ROAD PROPOSED FOR NIM WAN
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A TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY OF FIVE-KILOMETRES IN LENGTH IS TO BE BUILT FROM TAP SHEK KOK TO TSANG KOK TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED NIM WAN CONTROLLED TIP.
THE 7.3-METRE-WIDE CARRIAGEWAY IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY AS THERE IS AT PRESENT NO ACCESS TO THE FUTURE CONTROLLED TIP WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO SERVE THE DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE GENERATED FROM THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES WHEN THE PRESENT CONTROLLED TIP AT PILLAR POINT VALLEY IS EXHAUSTED IN EARLY 1989.
A FOOTPATH WILL BE BUILT ALONG THE CARRIAGEWAY TO IMPROVE PEDESTRAIN SAFETY IN LUNG KWU TAN AND LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE BOX-CULVERTS IN THE LUNG KWU TAN, TSANG TSUI AND TSANG KOK AND TWO MAINTENANCE CULVERTS OVER THE EXISTING PULVERISED FUEL ASH PIPELINES AT LUNG KWU TAN.
IN ADDITION, RETAINING WALLS AT TAP SHEK KOK AND AT BURIAL GROUNDS BETWEEN LUNG KWU TAN AND LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN, ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND LANDSCAPING WORKS WILL BE PROVIDED.
/SOME EXISTING