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TSING YI ISLAND DEVELOPMENT
HONDAY, JULY 8, 1974
HODERN MINI-TOWN' FOR 160.000 PEOPLE
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TSING YI ISLAND IS TO BE DEVELOPED INTO A SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP WITH SUFFICIENT EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING FOR AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 160,000 IN ABOUT TEN YEARS TIME.
TO MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY, GOVERNMENT PLANNERS HAVE DRAWN UP PROPOSALS TO TURN PART OF THE ISLAND FROM AN ALMOST BARREN TERRITORY INTO AN INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIP.
THE SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND THE TSING YI DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IS THE GRADUAL INDUSTRIALISATION OF THE ISLAND, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON HEAVY AND SPECIAL INDUSTRIES.
THIS IS EVIDENT IN ITS DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH ENVISAGE THE ALLOCATION OF MORE THAN 200 ACRES OF LAND, ABOUT HALF OF WHICH IS TO BE RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA, FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE.
THESE, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER 185 ACRES CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY EXISTING HEAVY INDUSTRIES, WILL MAKE UP ABOUT ONE-SIXTH OF THE ISLAND'S TOTAL AREA.
FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY, THE PLANS CALL FOR THE RESERVATION OF 196 ACRES TO MEET THE EXPECTED DEMAND. PRESENT, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS ARE OPERATING ON 46 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS.
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IN ADDITION, SITES TOTALLING ABOUT 35 ACRES ON THE WEST COAST HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR SALE FOR SPECIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE DEVELOPERS.
THE MAN CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI IS MR. EDDIE SHORT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S PROJECT MANAGER OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WHICH HAS BEEN SPECIALLY CREATED FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
HE SAID THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON TSING YI WAS "HAINLY CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUARTER OF THE ISLAND WHICH WAS TO BE DEVELOPED INTO A "MINI-TOUN' WITH AN ULTIMATE POPULATION OF ABOUT 160,000 PEOPLE.
+IT WILL HAVE THREE MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 123,000 PEOPLE WHILE ABOUT 23 ACRES OF LAND WILL BE RESERVED FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.+
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