FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1977
MORE COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLANNED FOR SHA TIN
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL SHORTLY START FORMING LAND IN SIU TAN, SHA TIN, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SITES FOR FUTURE COMMUNITY PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE A 1,200-BED REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO SERVE THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
OTHER PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE AREA, AFTER THE LAND IS FORMED, WILL BE A POLYCLINIC, A POLICE STATION AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
LAND FORMATION WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
IT INVOLES THE RESUMPTION OF 175,432 SQUARE METERS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND ONE MONTH'S NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE RESUMPTION OF LAND IN SIU TAN WAS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE ITS MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FAST-GROWING NEW TOWN OF SHA TIN.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANS FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE AREA AND THIS WOULD MEAN BETTER COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE GROWING POPULATION IN SHA TIN,
+ IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION IN THE NEW TOWN WOULD RISE FROM THE PRESENT 60,000 TO 231,000 EY 1981, + HE SAID.
APART FROM THE POLYCLINIC, HE SAID, THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL WOULD PROVIDE INCREASED MEDICAL SERVICES NOT ONLY TO PEOPLE OF SHA TIN BUT ALSO TO THOSE LIVING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RESUMPTION WOULD INVOLVE 11 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, ONLY ONE OF WHICH WAS DOMESTIC STRUCTURE OCCUPIED BY ONE FAMILY.
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+ IF FOUND ELIGIBLE, THIS FAMILY WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE LEK YUEN ESTATE= IF NOT, IT WILL BE OFFERED
SPACE IN A LICENSED AREA,+ HE SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO PAY COMPENSATION FOR CROPS TREES, GRAVES, PIPES, FENCES AND WELLS, AS WELL AS EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE FOR CULTIVATORS, HE SAID.
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