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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1976
MORE INDUSTRIAL LAND FOR SHA TIN NEW TOWN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON FORMING ADDITIONAL LAND FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVES THE FORMATION OF SIX HECTARES (14.8 ACRES) OF INDUSTRIAL LAND AT FO TAN, ARE NOW BEING INVITED.
THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE LONG AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS ON A SECTION OF FO TAN NULLAH.
MR. GEORGE CHIEN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID TODAY WORK ON THE PROJECT WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JULY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 15 MONTHS.
THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AT FO TAN, HE SAID, WOULD BE ONE OF THREE MAIN INDUSTRIAL AREAS PLANNED FOR THE NEW TOWN. THE OTHER AREAS WERE PLANNED NEAR SIU LEK YUEN AND PAK SHEK.
HE SAID LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN THE NEW TOWN HAD BEEN PLANNED ON THE BASIS THAT ONE IN FIVE PERSONS WOULD WORK IN THEM. +ON THIS BASIS, WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT TRENDS IN HONG KONG, A TOTAL OF SOME 60 HECTARES (150 ACRES) OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SITES IS PLANNED IN THE NEW TOWN,+ HE ADDED.
+AT FO TAN,+ MR. CHIEN SAID, +ABOUT FOUR HECTARES (10 ACRES) OF INDUSTRIAL SITES HAD ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED, SERVICED AND SOLD. ANOTHER SIX HECTARES (14.8 ACRES) SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
LIKE ALL INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN SHA TIN, HE SAID, FO TAN WOULD HAVE A MAINS WATER SUPPLY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND FIRE-FIGHTING PURPOSES, PIPED SEWERAGE AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE, AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPLETE WITH A LOCAL SUB-STATION.
A FIRST-CLASS PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR ROAD WOULD ALSO BE BUILT LINKING THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AT FO TAN WITH THE MAIN ROAD NETWORK SERVING THE NEW TOWN.
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