THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1988
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CS VISITS TIN SHUI WAI DEVELOPMENT
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR KENNETH KWOK, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE DEVELOPMENT AT TIN SHUI WAI.
TIN SHUI WAI IS A NEW TOWN BEING DEVELOPED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN A JOINT VENTURE WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPER (MIGHTYCITY COMPANY LTD) TO ACCOMMODATE A PLANNED POPULATION OF 140,000.
A MASSIVE QUANTITY OF FILLING MATERIALS IS REQUIRED FOR THE FORMATION OF THE SITE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY FISH PONDS.
LAND FORMATION WORKS ARE PROGRESSING UNDER A $1 BILLION CONTRACT WHICH WAS WON BY A SINO/WEST GERMAN JOINT VENTURE COMPANY, CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION/BILFINGER BERGER BAUACTINENGESELSHAFT.
SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR Y.Y.
NG, AND CHIEF RESIDENT ENGINEER, MR HUGH CHILDERS, ON THE ENGINEERING WORKS IN PROGRESS.
THESE INCLUDED THE FORMATION OF THE SITE WHICH INVOLVES THE DREDGING OF SOME 20 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF SAND AT THE MOUTH OF DIEP BAY, THE TRANSPORT OF THE MARINE FILL BY BARGES AND ITS FINAL CONVEYANCE AND DEPOSITION ONTO THE SITE BY PUMPING THROUGH PIPELINES SOME SIX KILOMETRES LONG.
AROUND 750,000 CUBIC METRES OF SAND WILL BE DEPOSITED ON THE FORMATION EVERY MONTH IN THIS WAY.
SIR DAVID NOTED WITH INTEREST THE EFFICACY OF THIS TECHNIQUE WHICH WAS BEING USED IN HONG KONG NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SEEMED TO OFFER GOOD POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE LARGE RECLAMATION/FORMATION PROJECTS.
HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE LAND, WHICH WOULD BE FORMED AT A RATE OF 10 HECTARES PER MONTH, WOULD BE MADE READY IN STAGES TO ENABLE BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS TO PROCEED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SITE INVESTIGATION WORKS FOR BUILDING DEVELOPMENT WERK CURRENTLY IN HAND AND PILING WORK WOULD COMMENCE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THE FIRST RESIDENTS WERE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO TIN SHUI WAI IN BARLY 1992.
SIR DAVID WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE STORMWATER CHANNELS AND DRAINAGE MEASURES TO PROVIDE FLOOD PROTECTION FOR THE LOWLYING VILLAGES NEAR THE FRINGE OF THE NEW TOWN.
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