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Wednesday, September 27, 1972

TSUEN WAN KWAI CHUNG SATELLITE TOWN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP

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In the process of developing the Tsuen Wan-Kwai Chung area into a

self-contained town, tremendous progress has been made in public housing, land

development and the expansion of the Kwai Chung Container Port.

In the past 12 months, over 8,300 residential units, housing 42,000

people, have been provided in the Kwai Hing, Kwai Fong and Lei Muk Shue Government

Low Cost Housing Estates.

Seven small government estates have also been included in the proposals

for the Public Works Programme on the recommendation of the Housing Board.

Due to the rapid development in the area, there is an acute shortage

of land for both residential-commercial and industrial use.

It is anticipated that the shortage in industrial land will be alleviated

towards the end of this year on the completion of new sites. But no further

residential-commercial lots are expected to be available until 1973-74.

There have been applications to convert some of the existing industrial

land into residential-commercial land, but these were turned down because they

conflicted with the Tsuen Wan and District Outline Development Plan.

As a result of reclamation work connected with the container port,

large areas of land have been formed on Tsing Yi Island and the Lai Chi Kok

peninsula, and will soon become available.

A local consortium has begun constructing a bridge across Rambler

Channel to Tsing Yi Island, and when completed this will be handed over to the

Government free of costs.

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