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MONDAY, JULY 8, 1974
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MINI TOWN AND BOUNDED BY THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IS A TOWN CENTRE COMPLEX ON NINE ACRES OF LAND FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USE AND, IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, LAND HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT PEOPLE COMING TO LIVE ON THE ISLAND WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND EMPLOYKENT.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAND TO BE FORMED AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID THERE WOULD BE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL AREAS ON THE EAST AND WEST COASTS WHICH COULD BE RECLAIMED FOR HEAVY OR OTHER SPECIAL INDUSTRIES REQUIRING SEA ACCESS.
HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANT ROLE YET TO BE PLAYED BY HEAVY INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE ECONOMIO GROWTH.
THESE INDUSTRIES SHOULD EITHER BE NEW TO HONG KONG OR REPRESENT A TECHNOLOGICAL UP-GRADING TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL PROCESS AND, AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT A GENERALLY HIGHER LEVEL OF SKILL. THAN THOSE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
+GREAT IMPORTANCE HAS, THEREFORE, BEEN ATTACHED TO ATTRACTING TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED INDUSTRIES TO HONG KONG. HOWEVER, SUCH HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ARE USUALLY LAND- INTENSIVE.
+A NUMBER OF SITES ON TSING YI ISLAND ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO SUCH INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS AND THE FIRST TWO SITES NOW BEING DEVELOPED WILL BE USED FOR MANUFACTURING OUTBOARD MARINE ENGINES AND POLYSTYRENE WHICH IS A BASIC RAW MATERIAL FOR MANY OF HONG KONG'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES.+
MR. SHORT WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE COMPLETION AND OPENING OF THE TSING YI BRIDGE EARLIER THIS YEAR REPRESENTED A HAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE ISLAND'S DEVELOPMENT AS IT PROVIDED A ROAD LINK BETWEEN THE ISLAND AND THE MAINLAND OVER THE 2,000-FOOT WIDE RAMBLER CHANNEL.
HE SAID TSING Y! ITSELF ALSO OFFERED EASY ACCESS FOR LIGHTERS AND IT WAS WITHIN HALF A MILE OF THE NEW CONTAINER TERMINAL COMPLEX AT KWAI CHUNG.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON TSING YI OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS AND, SO FAR, THIS HAD BEEN MAINLY RESTRICTED TO BOATYARDS, OIL TANK FARMS, A POWER STATION AND A FEW FACTORIES ENGAGED IN LAND- INTENSIVE RATHER THAN LABOUR-INTENSIVE ACTIVITIES.
THESE INDUSTRIES RELIED ON SEA TRANSPORT UNTIL THE TSING YI BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED, AND THERE IS NOW A TWO-LANE ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND, EXTENDING 8,000 FEET SOUTHWARDS FROM THE BRIDGE TO THE POWER STATION, AND 2,000 FEET NORTHWARD TO A CEMENT FACTORY.
THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE ISLAND ENVISAGE A ROAD SYSTEM WHICH WILL VIRTUALLY CIRCLE THE ISLAND AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE CONNECTED TO THE MAINLAND BY A SECOND BRIDGE FROM THE NORTH EAST TIP OF TSING YI TO THE TEXACO ROAD JUNCTION ON THE PROPOSED TSUEN WAN BY PASS.
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