WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1977
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+SOME 70 PER CENT OF THE FINAL POPULATION OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN TUEN MUN WILL LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
+THE FIRST ESTATE, SAN FAT, IS OCCUPIED AND THERE ARE NINE OTHERS TO COME EIGHT TO BE BUILT BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ONE BY THE HOUSING SOCIETY.
+THE FIRST PHASE OF TAI HING WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR 24,000 MORE PEOPLE THIS SUMMER, AND A FURTHER 22,000 BY 1979.
+ON THE LAND NOW BEING FORMED BY RECLAMATION OF CASTLE PEAK BAY, YAU DI AND ON TING ESTATES WILL ACCOMMODATE SOME 93,000 MORE PEOPLE, WORK ON THE FIRST PHASE WILL START
IN OCTOBER AND SHOULD HOUSE 30,000 PEOPLE BY FEBRUARY 1980.+
SIR MURRAY SAID THAT INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE NEW TOWN HAD ALREADY REACHED MARKED PROPORTIONS.
+THERE ARE ALREADY 12 FACTORIES,+ HE SAID, AND A FURTHER 21 ARE BEING BUILT AND WILL BE WORKING LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.
+ INDUSTRIAL LAND WILL BE PRODUCED STEADILY SO AS TO KEEP STEP WITH THE GROWING POPULATION'S NEED FOR EMPLOYMENT.+
SIR MURRAY SAID RECLAMATION WAS ALSO MOVING AHEAD AT GREAT SPEED TO PROVIDE LAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
IN ALL, A TOTAL OF 93 HECTARES HAD ALREADY BEEN FORMED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, AND WAS NOW BEING DEVELOPED.
+A FURTHER 72 HECTARES ARE BEING RECLAIMED AND WILL BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS,+ HE SAID.
+THE RECLAMATION OF SOME 70 HECTARES OF LAND ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF CASTLE PEAK BAY WILL START IN JUNE.+
THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT GOOD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OLD URBAN AREAS AND THE HARBOUR WERE ALSO VITAL TO THE PROSPERITY OF THE NEW TOWN.
WITH THIS IN MIND, THE FIRST THREE LANES OF THE TUEN MUN MOTORWAY WOULD BE OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND SHOULD PROVIDE A 15-MINUTE LINK TO TSUEN WAN, WHERE A CLEARWAY WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE RAPID PASSAGE TO KOWLOON.
+ THE SECOND THREE LANES WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1980,+ HE SAID.
A HOVERFERRY SERVICE WAS ALSO BEING CONSIDERED, WHICH WOULD TAKE PASSENGERS TO CENTRAL HONG KONG IN HALF AN HOUR.
/SIR MURRAY
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