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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1977
WORK TO ABATE RIVER FLOODING HAZARDS IN TUEN MUN
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WORK ON TRAINING ANOTHER SECTION OF THE RIVER IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN TO REDUCE FLOODING HAZARDS IS TO START SOON ALONG WITH LAND FORMATION WORK THERE TO PROVIDE SITES FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR 7,000 PEOPLE.
THESE ENGINEERING WORKS FORM PART OF A SERIES OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH THE NEW TOWN AND TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT SITES FOR PRIVATE HOUSING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY ACCOMMODATE SOME 20,900 PEOPLE BY 1984.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE TWO PROJECTS WOULD BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID THE RIVER TRAINING WORKS WOULD COVER THAT SECTION OF THE RIVER FROM TUEN MUN SAN HUI TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE NEW TOWN TO PROTECT THE LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER BANKS FROM FLOODING.
THE PROJECTS WILL INVOLVE THE RESUMPTION OF ABOUT 210,694 SQUARE METRES OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 334 SQUARE METRES OF PRIVATE BUILDING LAND.
A ONE MONTH'S NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID OWNERS OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND WOULD BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVE OF CASH COMPENSATION OR LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENT DOCUMENTS.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL PAY COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES, BEEHIVES, FISHPONDS AND WELLS, ALONG WITH EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE TO CULTIVATORS.
EX-GRATIA 'DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCE' FOR DISPLACED PIGBREEDERS COULD ALSO BE PAID, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID 191 TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES MOSTLY ON CROWN LAND AND OCCUPIED BY 132 FAMILIES, WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED.
+THESE FAMILIES, IF FOUND ELIGIBLE, WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN TUEN MUN, AND THOSE INELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE OFFERED TEMPORARY HOUSING, HE SAID.
THE CLEARANCE WOULD ALSO INVOLVE 646 ANCILLARY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, HE ADDED.
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