THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1988
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URBAN REDEVELOPMENT A BOOST TO YAU MA TEI
—
THE
THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE DENSELY-
YAU MA TEI AREA POPULATED
WOULD BE
WITH IMPROVED GREATLY
THE REDEVELOPMENT COMPLETION OF TWO MAJOR URBAN
PROJECTS,
REGIONAL
KONG HONG SECRETARY FOR
KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
AND
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PLANNED WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION MA ΤΕΙ AREA, PROJECT WOULD ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF YAU AND WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
BY
MR LAN WAS BRIEFED ON THE LATEST PROGRESS OF THESE PROJECTS
DISTRICT
A OFFICERS OF THE YAU TSIM
OFFICE DURING
FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON.
AFTER SPEAKING
THE VISIT, MR LAN SAID 122 OLD TENEMENT
MA
NORTH TEI
AREA WERE BUILDINGS IN SIX STREETS IN THE YAU
BEING
BY THE REDEVELOPED
UNDER HONG KONG
"URBAN HOUSING SOCIETY
AN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME" TO PROVIDE MODERN ACCOMMODATION FOR 5,900 PEOPLE.
YOUTH
THE SCHEME WOULD ALSO PROVIDE VARIOUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES,
ELDERLY, A CHILDREN AND INCLUDING A DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE CENTRE,
CENTRE FOR THE
A HANDICAPPED,
NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN, AND AN 8,000-SQUARE-METRE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE.
A
MENTALLY
A
THE
PHASE THE CLEARANCE FOR
I OF THE SCHEME WAS CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY IN JUNE THIS YEAR, WITH DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS STARTING FOLLOWING MONTH.
PHASE I WAS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1990, TO IMMEDIATELY BY PHASE II.
BE FOLLOWED
SIX-STOREY OLD
THE MR LAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT
LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAD IDENTIFIED A SITE COMPRISING TWO STREET BLOCKS OF TENEMENT BUILDINGS AT YUNNAN LANE FOR AN URBAN REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
THE TOWN EXPLAIN THE
"SOME SHOP OWNERS AND RESIDENTS ARE OBJECTING TO THE SCHEME;
ASSISTING THEREFORE, AND THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICE IS,
A MEETING WITH
ΤΟ THEM PLANNING OFFICE IN ARRANGING SCHEME IN DETAIL, HE NOTED.
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BE
LAN SAID THE SPEAKING ABOUT THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, MR PROPOSED AREA FOR THE PROJECT COVERED OVER 300 HECTARES OF LAND TO RECLAIMED OFF THE EXISTING WEST KOWLOON COAST, STRETCHING FROM YAU TEI TO LAI CHI KOK.
MA
PROJECT WAS то ONE OF THE PRIMARY PLANNING OBJECTIVES OF THE
WITH ADEQUATE PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED AND BALANCED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT
OPEN SPACE,
AND RECREATIONAL
COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH WERE REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN A POPULATION OF 60,000 120,000.
ΤΟ
/"THE WEST