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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1988
AGRICULTURE, MR MACLEOD
ALSO PROPERTY
DEADLOCK HAS INTELLECTUAL
ON THE FAILURE TO REACH CONSENSUS ON
THAT TOO
THE SAID, "IT IS A PITY
AGRICULTURE INTERRUPTED PROGRESS ON THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND IN A FEW OTHER AREAS.
"BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION OF THOSE INVOLVED.
"THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE HAS HELPED TO FOCUS MINDS.
MONTREAL
MELTING
"THE EXTENT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MEASURED
A GAINED RESULT OF THE TALKS
BETTER MUTUAL DIRECTION WE SHOULD TAKE.
AND WE HAVE AS A
OF UNDERSTANDING
THE
"THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING. THE SYSTEM HAS PROVED ITS WORTH ITS RESILIENCE," MR MACLEOD SAID.
AND
MILLIONS TO BE SPENT ON MA ON SHAN DEVELOPMENT
AN ESTIMATED $1.8 BILLION WOULD BE SPENT IN PROVIDING LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR A POPULATION OF 200,000 UPON FULL DEVELOPMENT IN MA ON SHAN, SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY SPENT $700 MILLION ON SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA, HE SAID.
UP TO NOW,
"IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THE INCREASE IN POPULATION, COMPREHENSIVE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME HAS BEEN DRAWN UP,
A
HE
NOTED.
"FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF SAI SHA ROAD JOINING MA ON SHAN SAI KUNG IN OCTOBER, A TRUNK ROAD SPANNING SHING MUN RIVER CONNECTING MA ON SHAN WITH TOLO HIGHWAY WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1991.
WITH
"CONSIDERATION HAS ALSO BEEN GIVEN TO LINKING MA ON SHAN то THE SECOND CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL THROUGH THE TATES CAIRN TUNNEL IN 1993."
MR YUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE PRIMARY PLANNING OBJECTIVE IN THE AREA WAS TO HAVE A BALANCED COMMUNITY WITH SUFFICIENT PROVISION FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL LAND, GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACE.
IN THIS REGARD, MA ON SHAN WILL HAVE ITS OWN CENTRE LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF HENG ON ESTATE.
DISTINCTIVE TOWN
/"TLE OWN