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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1976

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SHEK WU HUI DEVELOPMENT WAS THE WIDENING OF JOCKEY CLUB ROAD AND TAI PO ROAD FROM THE WO HOP SHEK RAILWAY CROSSING TO THE EXISTING SHEK WU HUI TOWN.

THE FORMATION OF 14 HECTARES AT FANLING HAD ALSO BEEN PLANNED AND WORK THERE WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON, SAID MR. KWOK, INITIAL DEVELOPMENT HERE WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 12,000 TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY FACILITIES.+

FOR YUEN LONG, HE SAID, PLANS WERE IN HAND FOR A SMALLER ESTATE FOR 5,000 PEOPLE.

+AT MUI WO, INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF FORMING SOME 10 HECTARES OF LAND NEAR THE FERRY CONCOURSE FOR AN ESTATE TO HOUSE 800 PEOPLE AND THE BUILDING OF A NEW FERRY PIER.+

MR. KWOK SAID HIS BRANCH WOULD ALSO BE INVITING TENDERS SOON FOR SITE FORMATION WORKS AT TAI O ON LANTAU ISLAND WHERE ANOTHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WOULD BE BUILT FOR 3,000 PEOPLE. THE BUILDING WORKS WERE DUE TO START IN MID-1977.

HE SAID THAT AT CHEUNG CHAU, SOME NINE HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

+THESE COMPRISE AN ESTATE WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR 1,200 PEOPLE AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND INTERCEPTING SEWERS TO SERVE THE NEW TOWNSHIP, HE SAID.

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES CLOSE DURING HOLIDAYS ****

THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS DEPARTMENT WILL BE CLOSED DURING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION SAID THAT THE HEAD OFFICE, BRANCH OFFICES AND SUB-OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS FROM 1 P.M. ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 24) TO 8.45 A.M. ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 26).

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