SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1988
SHAU KEI WAN PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT
PROJECT
IN AFTER
SHAU
THE
ALDRICH
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING
IN KEI WAN WILL PROCEED
FULL STEAM EARLY NEXT YEAR
CONVEYOR SYSTEM TO CONSTRUCTION OF AN OVERHEAD
TRANSPORT MATERIAL
THE
BAY EXCAVATED FROM THE SITE AT SHAU KEI WAN FOOTHILL TO WATERFRONT.
CONVEYOR
WHICH SYSTEM,
•
WILL BE
CONSTRUCT THE THE PLAN TO TOTALLY ENCLOSED AND SOUND PROOF TO MINIMISE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
BE USED FROM
IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG HOI NING STREET AND WILL
EXCAVATED TO TRANSPORT THE 1.5 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF MATERIAL THE SHAU KEI WAN WEST FOOTHILLS TO A BARGE LOADING AREA END OF ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER.
AT THE WEST
A HOUSING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID THE ELEVATED LARGE AMOUNT SYSTEM IS THE MOST IDEAL METHOD TO REMOVE THE
WILL HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT EXCAVATED FROM THE SLOPE, AND AREA'S TRAFFIC CONDITION AND ENVIRONMENT.
CONVEYOR OF SOIL ON THE
BRIDGE,
AN
OUT ΤΟ CONSIDER HE SAID: "A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY WAS CARRIED
ROADS, USING THE EXISTING
OR A HAUL VARIOUS OPTIONS OVERHEAD CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND EVEN A CONVEYOR SYSTEM IN A TUNNEL.
—
VIEWPOINTS THAT
"IT CONCLUDED FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COST THE OVERHEAD AND ENCLOSED CONVEYOR WAS THE BEST OPTION.
"EXTENSIVE LIAISON HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND THE EASTERN ESPECIALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT,
IN THE DISTRICT BOARD.
INCORPORATED
SYSTEM," HE NOTED.
THEIR SUGGESTIONS HAVE BERN
FORMATION YEAR
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SITE WORK FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT WAS STARTED IN DECEMBER LAST AND THE SECOND PHASE WILL COMMENCE IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
PROJECT IS COMPLETED IN 1995 IT HE SAID: "WHEN THE PROVIDE 10 500 HOMES FOR ABOUT
WITH 40 000 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING COMMUNITY,
RECREATION, CONVENIENCE OF A MODERN SHOPPING ARCADES AND OTHER SOCIAL FACILITIES,"
WILL
ALL
THE MARKETS,
LIVING КЕТ WAN,
IS
"THE NEW ESTATES WILL PROVIDE A MUCH BETTER STANDARD OF AND MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SHAU WHICH WILL HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT OUTLOOK WHEN THE COMPLETED," HE ADDED.
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