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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1977.

$70M. ENGINEERING PROJECT IN TUEN MUN

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN WORK ON THE BIGGEST SINGLE ENGINEERING PROJECT SO FAR IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE $70 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVES RECLAMATION AND LAND FORMATION OF MORE THAN 77 HECTARES OF LAND, IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF MAJOR WORKS TO BE UNDERTAKEN UNDER

THE SECOND HALF OF THE NEW TOWN'S MASSIVE $3,500 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE NOW BEING INVITED BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING HONG KONG'S THREE NEW TOWNS AT TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN.

DETAILS OF HOW TUEN MUN IS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A MODERN METROPOLIS FOR SOME 500,000 PEOPLE WILL BE PUT ON PUBLIC SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A MAJOR EXHIBITION TO BE OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 6).

THE EXHIBITION, STAGED AT THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN TUEN MUN, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 A.M. TO 7 P.M. EACH DAY FROM APRIL 7 TO 16.

MR. NICKY CHAN, THE P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, SAID TODAY THE RECLAMATION AND LAND FORMATION SCHEME WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL SITES FOR SOME 110,000 PEOPLE NEARLY ONE-QUARTER OF THE NEW TOWN'S EVENTUAL POPULATION.

IT WILL INVOLVE RECLAIMING 42.6 HECTARES OF LAND FROM THE SEA EAST OF PAK KOK AND IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF CASTLE PEAK BAY, AS WELL AS FORMATION OF 34.7 HECTARES IN VARIOUS HILL AREAS IN THE NEW TOWN, TOGETHER WITH ROADS AND DRAINAGE, HE SAID.

+NEARLY 20 HECTARES OF THE LAND TO BE RECLAIMED WILL BE FOR MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING SCHEMES CATERING FOR 50,000 PEOPLE, WHILE ANOTHER 20 HECTARES OR SO WILL BE FOR INDUSTRY.

+ THE REST OF THE RECLAIMED AREA WILL BE RESERVED FOR

OPEN SPACES, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER USES, HE SAID.

GIVING AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, MR. CHAN SAID THAT SOME FIVE MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FILL MATERIAL WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE RECLAMATION.

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