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WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1976

MORE LAND TO BE FORMED

FOR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 12.5 HECTARES (31 ACRES) OF LAND IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN FOR FURTHER RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

TENDERS FOR THE FORMATION OF SITES WILL BE INVITED THIS FRIDAY (MAY 21).

MR. S.K. KWEI, CHIEF P.W.D. ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID TODAY THE WORKS SHOULD BEGIN IN JULY FOR COMPLETION TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

THE PROJECT, HE SAID, WOULD BASICALLY INVOLVE EXCAVATION AND FILLING IN LOW-LYING LAND TO FORM TERRACES AND ROAD EMBANKMENTS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

+WHEN COMPLETED, SOME 8.3 HECTARES (20 ACRES) OF NEW LAND SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR FURTHER PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.

+MOST OF THIS AREA,+ HE ADDED, +WILL BE USED FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE HUGE TAI HING HOUSING ESTATE WHICH WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR ANOTHER 17,500 PEOPLE.

+IN ADDITION, ANOTHER 4.2 HECTARES (11 ACRES) WILL BE" "MADE AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT TO SERVE THE NEW TOWN,

MEANWHILE, WORK IS DUE TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH ON A MASSIVE RECLAMATION SCHEME WHICH WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 60 HECTARES (148 ACRES) OF ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

TENDERS FOR THIS PROJECT CLOSED AT THE END OF LAST MONTH AND THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

THE SCHEME INVOLVES RECLAIMING THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF CASTLE PEAK BAY, AND REPRESENTS THE LARGEST ENGINEERING CONTRACT SO FAR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE RECLAMATION WILL YIELD AN ADDITIONAL 9.5 HECTARES (23.5 ACRES) OF LAND FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT USES, 36.7 HECTARES (91 ACRES) FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, AND ABOUT 13.8 HECTARES (34 ACRES) FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

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