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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1977

MORE LAND FOR LANTAU AND CHEUNG CHAU DEVELOPMENT

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MAJOR RECLAMATION PROJECTS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN AT MUI WO ON LANTAU AND AT CHEUNG CHAU AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO AREAS OVER THE NEXT DECADE.

TENDERS WILL SHORTLY BE CALLED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE RECLAMATION OF SIX HECTARES OF LAND AT CHEUNG CHAU AND THREE HECTARES AT MUT WO.

THE ACTING GOVERNMENT ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR. KENNY KWOK SAID TODAY THE RECLAMATION ON CHEUNG CHAU WOULD COMPRISE ABOUT HALF OF THE 12 HECTARES TO BE FORMED THERE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SITES, AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MARKETS, SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, INCINERATORS, AN ABATTOIR AND OPEN SPACE.

MR. KWOK SAID THE CONTRACT WOULD BE THE FIRST TO BE LET IN THE PLANNED $140 MILLION DEVELOPMENT OF CHEUNG CHAU OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY FACILITIES TO HOUSE, EDUCATE AND CARE FOR THE 15,000 PEOPLE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY LIVE IN THE NEW ESTATES.

A 500-METRE SEAWALL AND A RUBBLE REVETMENT 1,100 METRES IN LENGTH WILL FORM THE BOUNDARY OF THE RECLAMATION.

+FILLING MATERIALS WILL BE TAKEN FROM A BORROW AREA ON THE HILLTOP NEAR THE SERVICE RESERVOIR AND THE AREA DESIGNATED FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE EAST OF KWAI TSAI WAN, MR. KWOK SAID.

+AFTER COMPLETION OF THE WORKS, THE BORROW AREA WILL ACCOMMODATE A SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND THE HAUL ROAD WILL SERVE AS A PERMANENT PATHWAY FOR THE SCHOOL, PUBLIC HOUSING, AND NEIGHBOURING PAK SHE SUN TSUEN VILLAGE.+

THE PRESENT SCHEME WILL PROVIDE LAND AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN, KWAI TSAI WAN AND TAI KWAI WAN FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FÖR 1,200 AS WELL AS PRIVATE VILLAGE TYPE HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL SITES, HE ADDED.

MR. KWOK SAID THAT IT WAS ALSO PROPOSED TO BUILD A CENTRAL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AT KWA | TSAI WAN TO SERVE INITIALLY CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CHEUNG CHAU.

NEW TRUNK SEWERS ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED FROM NAM WAN TO THE PROPOSED TREATMENT WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN NOVEMBER AND BE COMPLETED 20 MONTHS LATER.

AT MUI WO, THE THREE HECTARES TO BE FORMED WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, A SAND DEPOT, A GOVERNMENT MAINTENANCE DEPOT AND SITES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, A HELIPAD AND AN ABATTOIR.

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