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Thursday, June 29, 1972

This type of building will allow more shopping facilities to be provided

for the people in the estate and in Sha Tin and may well prove an added attraction

to visitors. A market planned for the estate is to be designed in such a way

that the roof can be converted into a fish market at weekends and on holidays.

Another new feature is a workshop area which will be provided below

the shopping centre and this will effectively seal off the noise and dirt from

the domestic accommodation.

Normally only kindergarten and primary schools are included in the

construction of an estate, but at Lek Yuen a secondary school is to be built

by the Government.

The benefits here are twofold:

Secondary schooling facilities

will be available to the people in the estate from the outset; and the school

can be designed as an integral part of the estate. The success of this point

depends to a large extent on the availability of a sponsor to run the school.

Parking

There are also plans to build a covered car park. On-street parking

may be regulated by parking meters, but there should be adequate space for the

estate residents as well as visitors.

Welfare and recreational facilities will be on the normal scale, but

the estate will be planned with additional space which can be used for local

kaifong and community activities, and on which a temporary mat-shed can be

erected when required.

In conjunction with the new town development, a second road tunnel is

planned through Lion Rock and there are plans for double tracking the railway

line to Sha Tin. Both bus and mini-bus terminals will be built at the estate.

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