XN000022-1974-02-10 — Page 2

Sunday, February 10, 1974

ESTIMATED $8,500 MILLION TO BE SPENT ON NEW TOWNS

Plans Envisage Polytechnics, Clinics, Schools, Pools, Cultural Centres

Planning of the new towns in Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan has

taken on a new concept to keep the towns in line with existing development

in the respective districts and to bring community facilities up-to-date

with the ones provided in urban areas.

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The basic idea is to build up the new towns as balanced, self-

contained entities, which are at the same time related to the overall

development of the whole of Hong Kong," a government spokesman explained.

The total cost of the development of the three new towns is

estimated at $8,500 million. Of this, $3,070 million has been allocated

to Sha Tin. Tsuen Wan, although covering a larger area to be developed,

is getting a smaller amount of $2,700 million due to the fact that considerable

development has already been completed in the area.

One new feature in the planning is the inclusion of technical

institute and teacher training facilities.

Each of the three new towns has plans for a polytechnic, and two

One technical institute is expected to come into

technical institutes.

operation in Kwad Chung in 1975, in keeping with the government's target

of having five such institutes in commission by 1976/77.

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