FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1976
CONTRACT FOR TAI PO DEVELOPMENT WORKS SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $17.3 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN THE MARKET TOWN OF TAI PO.
THE CONTRACT, AWARDED TO NISHIMATSU CONSTRUCTION LTD., IS FOR THE RECLAMATION OF SOME 30 HECTARES OF LAND AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF TOLO HARBOUR OFF TIN KOK ROAD AT TAI PO.
THE NEWLY FORMED LAND WILL PROVIDE SITES FOR A LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 30,000 PEOPLE, SCHOOLS, OPEN SPACES FOR RECREATION, MARKET AND SHOPPING CENTRES, AS WELL AS SITES FOR PRIVATE COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR. KENNETH KWOK OF THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY WORK ON THE RECLAMATION WOULD BEGIN AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
+LAND FOR THE NEW HOUSING ESTATE WILL BE FORMED FIRST TO ENABLE THE HOUSING PROGRAMME TO PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
+BY JULY ENOUGH LAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN FORMED FOR PILING WORK FOR THE ESTATE TO BEGIN, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FIRST TENANTS WILL BE MOVING IN BY THE LATTER PART OF 1979.+
HE SAID THE ESTATE WOULD BE SELF-CONTAINED AND SERVED BY A CENTRALLY LOCATED SHOPPING AND MARKET COMPLEX.
+THREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS A KINDERGARTEN WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THE ESTATE TO CATER TO THE RESIDENTS' EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
+ IN ADDITION, ANOTHER PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL ARE PLANNED JUST OUTSIDE THE ESTATE, HE SAID.
OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN THE ESTATE, HE ADDED, WOULD INCLUDE A LARGE COMMUNITY HALL FOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND LARGE OPEN SPACES AND GARDENS.
CONVENIENT TRANSPORT FACILITIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A BUS TERMINUS NEXT TO THE ESTATE, AND TWO MULTI-STOREY CARPARKS WOULD BE BUILT.
TODAY'S SIGNING OF THE SITE FORMATION CONTRACT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF AN AMBITIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO PROVIDE NEW HOMES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR SOME 350,000 PEOPLE IN 12 RURAL AREAS OUTSIDE THE NEW TOWNS AT SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN,
/MR, KWOK
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