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TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1976
REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR SHEUNG SHUI
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THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING A COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR THE LAND AT SHEUNG SHUI WHICH IS TO BE VACATED SOON BY THE TANNERIES.
A DRAFT OUTLINE PLAN FOR THE AREA RELEASED TODAY ENVISAGES THAT THE FINAL REDEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR MORE THAN 27,000 PEOPLE IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING.
THE PLAN ALSO PROPOSES SUBSTANTIAL AREAS OF OPEN SPACE, COMMUNITY BUILDINGS AND A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY THE PLAN HAD BEEN DEVISED TO TRANSFORM WHAT HAD BECOME AN EYESORE INTO A MODERN AND BALANCED COMMUNITY AREA.
+APART FROM HIGH-DENSITY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES VILLAGE-TYPE HOUSING WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR THIS AREA,+ HE SAID.
+ IN A WIDER CONTEXT, THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME WILL SLOT IN WITH THE OVERALL PLANS NOW BEING DRAWN UP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHEUNG SHUI AND FANLING AS MARKET TOWNS.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PLAN COVERED 44 HECTARES ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN SIDE OF THE RAILWAY LINE AND INCORPORATED THREE SPECIFIC PLANNING AREAS.
THE FIRST PLANNING AREA - A TRIANGULAR SHAPE COVERING MORE THAN 15 HECTARES BETWEEN THE RAILWAY LINE AND TAI PO ROAD WILL BE THE MAIN RESIDENTIAL SECTION WITH A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR NEARLY 9,000 PEOPLE AND PRIVATE HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING FOR ANOTHER 14,400 PEOPLE.
THE SECOND AREA, BOUNDED BY TAI PO ROAD, DODWELL'S RIDGE CAMP AND NG UK YUEN, HAS BEEN SET ASIDE MAINLY FOR THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO-STOREY HOUSING FOR 1,500 PEOPLE.
THE ADJOINING THIRD PLANNING AREA HAS BEEN EARMARKED TO PROVIDE MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF HECTARES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY AS WELL AS VILLAGE-TYPE HOUSES FOR 2,500 PEOPLE.
+GENERALLY, THE PLAN HAS BEEN WELL-BALANCED TO PROVIDE VARIOUS TYPES OF HOUSING, INDUSTRY THAT WILL PROVIDE JOBS AND, OF COURSE, RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SPOKESMAN SAID.
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+PLANS ARE NOW IN HAND FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT A DETAILED ENGINEERING STUDY OF THE AREA INVOLVED.
+THIS HAD NOT BEEN POSSIBLE UP TO NOW BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF THE TANNERIES.+
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