THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977
MR. WONG SAID THAT THE 1,340-BED HOSPITAL, SITUATED NEAR PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, COMPRISED A 10-STOREY BLOCK FOR MALE PATIENTS AND AN EIGHT-STOREY BLOCK FOR FEMALE PATIENTS.
THESE BLOCKS WOULD BE LINKED BY A SYSTEM OF SUBWAYS AND COVERED WALKWAYS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE HOSPITAL.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOSPITAL WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES, MR. WONG SAID.
WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE, WHICH BEGAN IN JUNE LAST YEAR, WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
WORK ON THE SECOND AND FINAL STAGE WOULD START IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT AND BE FULLY COMPLETED IN 1980.
FROM LAI CHI KOK MEMBERS OF THE P.W.S.C. AND UMELCO OFFICE PROCEEDED TO A VANTAGE POINT AT LAI KING HEADLAND TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENTS IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
ON THEIR WAY, THEY SAW THE SITES OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN KAU WAH KENG AND TAI WO TSUEN AND ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE AREA.
AT THE VANTAGE POINT AT LAI KING HEADLAND, THE PARTY WAS BRIEFED BY MR. EDDIE SHORT, PROJECT MANAGER (TSUEN WAN).
AMONG THE PROJECTS SEEN WERE TSING YI DEVELOPMENT, TSUEN WAN BY-PASS STAGE ONE AND THE CARGO HANDLING AREA IN RAMBLER CHANNEL TYPHOON SHELTER.
ON KWAI CHUNG DEVELOPMENT, MR. SHORT SAID MOST OF THE ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND PROPOSALS HAD BEEN MADE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE REMAINING WORKS.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED THE PROPOSAL BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION TO TSUEN WAN.
THE P.W.S.C. AND UMELCO MEMBERS LATER DROVE TO SHAM TSENG BY WAY OF THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN TUEN MUN HIGHWAY.
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE $300 MILLION ROAD, COMPRISING
A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY AND TWO GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGES, IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC EARLY NEXT YEAR.
PLANNING OF STAGE II IS IN HAND. THIS WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY ON A ROUGHLY PARALLEL ALIGNMENT WORK ON THIS STAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1980.
AT TUEN MUN, THE PARTY WAS BRIEFED BY THE P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER, MR. NICKY CHAN.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT THE NEW TOWN NOW HAD A POPULATION OF 60,000, ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THEM LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
/HE SAID
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