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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1977

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SAI KUNG (TUI MIN HOI) RURAL TOWNSHIP ******

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK IN A FEW DAYS ON A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR THE TUI MIN HOI AREA OF SAI KUNG AS PART OF A MASSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AIMED AT PROVIDING BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS FOR SOME 350,000 PEOPLE.

THE PROJECT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP IN BRINGING SAI KUNG AND TUI MIN HOI TOGETHER AS ONE INTEGRATED COMMUNITY WITH NEW HOUSING, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SITES, IMPROVED ROAD ACCESS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND A VILLAGE HALL TO SERVE THE AREA'S EVENTUAL POPULATION OF 25,000.

THE SAI KUNG-TUI MIN HO TOWNSHIP IS ONE OF EIGHT PLANNED BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (N.T.D.D.) IN RURAL AREAS OUTSIDE THE THREE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN.

OTHERS ARE PLANNED AT MUI WO AND TAI O ON LANTAU ISLAND, CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU, LAU FAU SHAN, TAN KWA I TSUEN AND SHAM TSENG.

THE FIRST CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $6.5 MILLION, FOR THE STAGE ONE DEVELOPMENT OF TUI MIN HOI WAS SIGNED THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING IN THE P.#.D.'S SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WITH THE SUCCESSFUL CONTRACTOR, LINGKING BROTHERS AND CO. LTD.

MR. KENNETH KWOK, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE N.T.D.D. WHO SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, SAID THE WORKS WOULD BEGIN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

WORK UNDER THE FIRST STAGE WOULD INVOLVE SITE FORMATION, RECLAMATION, ROADS AND DRAINAGE, ALMOST 10 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AS WELL AS HOMES FOR FISHERMEN, HE SAID.

LAND WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND GOVERNMENT USE AND 1.6 KM OF A NEW TWO-LANE ROAD CONNECTING HIRAM'S HIGHWAY TO THE EXISTING FISHERMEN'S HOUSING AND CARITAS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN THE EASTERN HALF OF TUI MIN HOI.

IN ADDITION, SOME SEVEN KILOMETRES OF STORMWATER AND FOUL WATER DRAINS AND 260 METRES OF SEAWALL WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED.

WHEN THE FULL PROGRAMME WAS COMPLETED MUCH OF SAI KUNG TUK, THE INLET NOW SERVING AS A SHELTERED ANCHORAGE FOR SAI KUNG TOWN, WOULD HAVE BEEN RECLAIMED TO FORM SITES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND GOVERNMENT USE AND OPEN SPACE.

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