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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1975

TUEN MUN DEVELOPMENT MAKING HEADWAY

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TUEN MUN'S DEVELOPMENT INTO A MODERN SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY WITH MANY NEW FACTORIES, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR IN THE PIPELINE, ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON DAIRY COMPANY LIMITED'S NEW PLANT IN TUEN MUN, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID AN ESTIMATED $178 MILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN THIS YEAR, AND THIS WAS EXPECTED TO RISE TO $301 MILLION IN 1978/79.

ALTHOUGH MUCH PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE, TUEN MUN'S DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, HE SAID, HAD GONE RELATIVELY UNNOTICED COMPARED WITH OTHER PLACES SUCH AS SHA TIN,

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN STARTED MANY YEARS AGO WITH THE TRAINING OF THE RIVER AND THE FIRST RECLAMATION, HE SAID.

+NOW, ALTOGETHER 77 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND AND 44 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LAND HAD BEEN FORMED.

+FIVE NEW FACTORIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WHILE SIX MORE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PLANS FOR MANY OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. TWENTY-SEVEN SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND OTHERS ARE ON THE WAY.

+THE TAI HING ESTATE FOR 29,000 PEOPLE IN 30-STOREY BLOCKS IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND THE NEW FAST HIGHWAY TO CASTLE PEAK WILL BE READY IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, HE ADDED.

MR. AKERS-JONES EXPECTED FERRY TRAVEL TO OPEN UP NEW PROSPECTS FOR TUEN MUN JUST AS IT HAD FOR TSUEN VAN.

CITING A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, HE SAID: +1 HAVE TRAVELLED ON A HOVERFERRY WHICH TOOK ME LESS TIME TO GET FROM CENTRAL TO TAI LAM THAN IT TAKES TO DRIVE TO REPULSE BAY.+

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