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Thursday, March 8, 1973

The Chung Jau Reclamation is being planned.

Then completed,

a site will be reserved for a Government Low Cost Housing Estate to

provide homes for local villagers.

In the meantime, the Government and two private developers

are studying the feasibility of developing riviera-type resorts at

Cheung Sha and Yi Long in the Chi Ma Wan Peninsula.

If the project at Yi Long, which fronts a lovely beach, is

finalised and approved, the uninhabited coast line will be turned into

a popular holiday resort with hotels and apartments, swimming pools

and other recreational facilities.

The complex will be nainly for overseas tourists who want to

enjoy the sunshine and the open air,

At present, there are about 13 miles of motorable roads on

Lantau and Mui o serving as the gateway to other parts of the island.

Plans to widen the road from Cheung Sha to Keung Shan will

be studied by the Public Works Department.

Before the completion of this improvement programme, roads on the

island will not be opened to vehicles coming from Hong Kong by vehicular

ferries.

Mr. Ng said improvement work on the South Lantao Road would begin

as soon as the Public Works Department had finished its studies and it was

hoped that public transport on the island would be adequate to meet the

weekend demand in the late 1970's.

Recently, a commercial helicopter service started between

Hong Kong and the Silver Hine Bay.

Ferry services to the island are also expected to be improved

in the foreseeable future.

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