TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1993
CHEMICAL ESTATE PLANNED FOR TUEN MUN
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS EARMARKED OVER 20 HECTARES OF LAND IN TUEN MUN TO DEVELOP A CHEMICAL ESTATE WITH CHEMICAL STORAGE, CHEMICAL PLANTS AND CHEMICAL USERS.
SPEAKING AT THE "ASIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS MARKETS '93" CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS TODAY (TUESDAY), AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR GAVIN URE, SAID RECLAMATION WORK FOR THE ESTATE WOULD START IN MID-1994 TO BE COMPLETED BY PHASES IN EARLY 1999.
MR URE SAID THE PLANNED PROVISION OF LAND FOR THE CHEMICAL ESTATE WOULD BE IN A COASTAL AREA IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF HONG KONG CALLED TUEN MUN AREA 38, WHERE 55 HECTARES OF LAND HAD EARMARKED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SPECIAL INDUSTRIES AREA.
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"IN THIS AREA, ABOUT 12 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLYESTER PLANTS AND ACETAL PLANTS, ANOTHER FIVE HECTARES OF LAND FOR POLYSTYRENE AND OTHER RESIN PLANTS.
"AN ADDITIONAL FIVE HECTARES FOR POLYESTER RESIN PLANTS COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE SHOULD DEMAND EXIST.
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MR URE SAID TUEN MUN AREA 38, PARTICULARLY DESIGNED FOR THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, WOULD PROVIDE THE CHEMICAL PLANTS THERE WITH FACILITIES IMPORTANT TO THEIR OPERATIONS.
HE SAID A COMMON USER CHEMICAL PIER HAD BERN PLANNED WITH PIPELINES TO INDIVIDUAL SITES AND ADDITIONAL COMMON-USER AREAS WERE INCLUDED TO PROVIDE WATERFRONT ACCESS FOR BARGE OPERATION FOR THOSE PLANTS WITHOUT DIRECT MARINE ACCESS.
"COMPLEMENTARY ΤΟ THESE IS A RIVER TRADE TERMINAL JUST IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE SPECIAL INDUSTRIES AREA, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING A CHEMICAL ESTATE, MR URE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO COMMISSIONED A CONSULTANCY STUDY TO ASSESS THE BASE AND THE GROWTH POTENTIAL OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID THE STUDY CONCENTRATED ON THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE HIGH VALUE-ADDED CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY.
"IT RECOMMENDED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH VALUE-ADDED CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, A SITE SUITABLE FOR USK BY THIS INDUSTRY AND A BULK CHEMICAL STORAGE FACILITY SHOULD BE DEVELOPED, HE SAID.
MR URE SAID A FURTHER FEASIBILITY STUDY, JUST COMPLETED, HAD INDICATED THAT AN AREA IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF HONG KONG CALLED TSEUNG KWAN O AREA 137 WAS SUITABLE FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
"THE WHOLE AREA, WHICH MEASURES OVER 100 HECTARES, BAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES NEEDING DEEP WATERFRONT ACCESS AND BULK STORAGE OF CHEMICALS INCLUDING PETRO-CHEMICALS.
"WITHIN THIS