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Tuesday, July 18, 1972
BIG LAND RESUMPTION FOR ROAD PROJECT
Nearly a quarter of a million square feet of land will be resumed
in Yuen Long for widening Tai Tong Road leading to the developing township.
One-hundred-and-two people affected by the resumption will be paid
a cash allowance and offered domestic resettlement in Yuen Long or, if possible,
in an estate of their own choice elsewhere.
Those engaged in farming will be compensated for their crops and
allowed to re-establish themselves on alternative farm land in nearby areas.
"The houses and sheds affected are all temporary domestic and shop
structures and no permanent structures are involved," a New Territories
Administration spokesman said today.
He added that negotiation for the land resumption is going ahead smoothly
and the land will revert to the Crown in three months' time.
The 11⁄2 mile feeder road, which connects Yuen Long and Tai Tong, has
become inadequate because of the increasing volume of traffic between the two
places.
The carriageway will be widened from 10 to 20 feet at the end of this
year and a number of passing bays will also be provided.
The wider road is expected to ease the present congestion and facilitate
future development in the area.
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