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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1977

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PHASE THREE OF CHEUNG CHING DEVELOPMENT

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DEVELOPMENT IS TO BEGIN SHORTLY ON A FURTHER PHASE OF CHEUNG CHING ESTATE - THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND - TO HOUSE ANOTHER 26,700 PEOPLE BY THE EARLY 1980S.

LAND FORMATION WILL START LATER THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE SITES FOR PHASE THREE OF THE ESTATE WHICH INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF ABOUT 4,400 FLATS,

SITES WILL ALSO BE FORMED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRAINS FOR CENTRAL TSING YI DEVELOPMENT.

ALL THESE WILL FORM PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR TSING YI, WHICH INCLUDES LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND FACILITIES.

THE SITE FORMATION WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONTRACTORS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1979.

AFTER THAT, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL START THE BUILDING WORK ON PHASE THREE OF CHEUNG CHING ESTATE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES PLANS FOR THREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND CAR PARK FACILITIES.

WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 1980S, THE ESTATE WILL HOUSE ABOUT 65,500 PEOPLE. PHASE ONE IS ALREADY PARTLY OCCUPIED, AND CONSTRUCTION WORK ON PHASE TWO IS WELL UNDERWAY,

TO ENABLE SITE FORMATION WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT, THE GOVERNMENT IS TO RESUME ABOUT 4.09 HECTARES OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND IN CENTRAL TSING YI AND ONE MONTH'S NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE LAND OWNERS WOULD BE OFFERED CASH COMPENSATION OR THE ALTERNATIVE OF A LAND EXCHANGE.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO PAY EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE FOR CULTIVATORS AND COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES, PINE TREES, THE REMOVAL OF GRAVES, BONE POTS, FENCE, WELLS, AND WATER PIPES, HE SAID.

+NO BUILDING LAND IS INVOLVED, BUT EIGHT TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES OCCUPIED BY 12 FAMILIES, MOSTLY ON CROWN LAND, WILL HAVE TO BE CLEARED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THESE FAMILIES, IF FOUND ELIGIBLE, WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN TSUEN WAN OR ON TSING YI. FAMILIES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE OFFERED SPACE IN A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA IN THE VICINITY.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, IN ADDITION, 16 OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES INCLUDING FOUR PIGSTIES WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE CLEARED.

EX-GRATIA DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCE WILL BE PAID TO DISPLACED PIGBREEDERS AND POULTRY FARMERS, HE ADDED.

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