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Tuesday, October 2, 1973

TUEN MUN. DEVELOPMENT ENTERS NEW PHASE

More Than 300 Acres To Be Reclaimed For New Town

Another phase in the mammoth Tuen Mun New Town Development Scheme

which is planned to house half a million people by 1983 will begin soon

with the reclamation of a further 305 acres in Castle Peak Bay.

Engineering works for this phase of development are estimated to

amount to more than $200 million.

The proposed reclamation is located on the western side of Castle

Peak Road at the section between Castle Peak Beach and Wong Ka Wai.

Some 120 acres of the reclaimed land will be for public housing

and private residential/commercial developments. Land will also be pro-

vided for industry, waterfront and community facilities, utility services

and open spaces.

The portion of the reclamation fronting Wong Ka Wai will provide

a location for the establishment of a town centre comprising facilities

to serve the new town's eventual population of 500,000.

A typhoon shelter will be constructed in the bay to provide an-

chorage for the local fishermen, and the two arms of the shelter will pro-

vide additional land for development.

The eastern arm of the shelter will be developed to accommodate

fish and vegetable markets and for possible government and industrial use.

The reclamation

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