FRIDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1975
THE CONTRACT ALSO COVERS RECLAMATION WORK IN THE EASTERN PART OF CASTLE PEAK BAY FROM SAM SHING HUI TO PUT TO ROAD AT WONG KA WAI AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR CULVERTS BY WHICH STORM WATER WILL BE INTERCEPTED AND DRAINED INTO THE SEA.
APART FROM PROVIDING PART OF THE ROAD SITE, THE RECLAMATION WILL YIELD ABOUT 11.5 HECTARES OF LAND FOR PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
UNDER THE CONTRACT, SOME 500,000 CUBIC METRES OF DREDGED MARINE SAND FROM SO KWUN WAT BAY WILL BE DEPOSITED OVER THE RECLAMATION AREA TO ABOUT HIGH WATER LEVEL, AND ONE MILLION CUBIC METRES OF MATERIAL EXCAVATED FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF CASTLE PEAK WILL BE USED TO BRING THE RECLAMATION TO ITS FINAL LEVEL.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT MORE THAN 90 HECTARES OF LAND FOR VARIOUS USES HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORMED UNDER STAGE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEW TOWN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE I OF TAI HING PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IS ALSO WELL ADVANCED. WHEN COMPLETED, THE ESTATE WILL HAVE ABOUT 29,000 UNITS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A SKETCH SHOWING THE TUEN MUN ROAD LINK HAS BEEN BOXED FOR YOUR COLLECTION THIS EVENING.
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