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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1977

YUEN LONG DEVELOPMENT MOVES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD

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THE $500 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO TRANSFORM YUEN LONG INTO A MARKET TOWN FOR 90,000 PEOPLE MOVED A MAJOR STEP FORWARD TODAY WITH THE SIGNING OF ANOTHER CONTRACT.

THE CONTRACT, MORTH ABOUT 3.5 MILLION, WAS THE SECOND TO BE LET BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YUEN LONG UNDER THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

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IT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR BUS TERMINUS AT KIK YEUNG ROAD AS WELL AS SEWERS, DRAINS AND ROAD WORKS. NOW BEING FORMED IN THE WESTERN PART OF YUEN LONG FOR SUCH WORKS IS

FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL, OPEN SPACES, AND GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES USE.

SERVICES SUCH AS WATER AND ELECTRICITY WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE SAME TIME.

THE CONTRACT, AWARDED TO TAI FOO COMPANY, WAS FORMALLY SIGNED AT THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES TODAY.

MR. BOSCO KEOWN, F.w.D.'S SENIOR ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), SAID WORK WOULD BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

HE SAID THAT WORK HAD ALREADY BEGUN ON THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE FORMATION OF THREE HECTARES OF LAND IN THE WESTERN PART OF YUEN LONG AS SITES FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND THE USE BY GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES.

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WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.

MR. KEOWN SAID THAT DEVELOPMENT CF YUEN LONG FROM ITS PRESENT SIZE WITH A POPULATION OF 38,000 TO A MAJOR MARKET TOWN FOR 95,000 WOULD TAKE PLACE IN A NUMBER OF STAGES.

+THE FIRST STAGE INCLUDES THE WIDENING OF EXISTING ROADS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ONES, DRAINAGE WORKS, A LARGE BUS TERMINUS, A GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SPACES AND THE FIRST PART OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE HOMES FOR 10,000 PEOPLE,+ HE SAID,

+ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FIRST STAGE ARE A NEW POST OFFICE, PROVISION OF FORMED AND SERVICED SITES FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.+

IN THE SECOND STAGE, HE SAID, A MARKET AND HAWKER BAZAARS WOULD BE BUILT ALONG WITH A PLE TERMINUS, REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS, A YOUTH CENTRE AND ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE.

PLANS FOR THE FINAL STAGES CALL FOR THE RE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE TUNG YIK BAZAAR, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA, A DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.

ON COMPLETION OF THE RE-DEVELOPMENT, MR. KECWN SAID, YUEN LONG WOULD BE A MODERN AND IMPORTANT MARKET TOWN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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