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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977

HE SAID THAT ABOUT 100 HECTARES OF LAND, INCLUDING 30 HECTARES FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, HAD BEEN PROVIDED AND 240 HECTARES MORE WERE BEING FORMED BY RECLAMATION IN CASTLE PEAK BAY.

+THE PRESENT PROGRAMME ENVISAGES THE NEW TOWN TO

BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY 1984, + MR. CHAN SAID.

+ THE REVISED PLANNING FOR TUEN MUN PROVIDES FOR A TOTAL POPULATION OF 526,000 IN AN AREA OF 1,180 HECTARES.+

BEFORE LUNCH, THE GROUP SAW THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL AREA SITUATED NEXT TO YUEN LONG TOWN.

MR. B.H. NEWMAN, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS THAT THE PLANNING AREA COVERED ABOUT 23 HECTARES AND WAS, AT PRESENT, OCCUPIED BY LOW-LYING FISH PONDS.

+THE AREA IS TO BE DEVELOPED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE TO PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TOWN WHERE THE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOUT 126,000 IN THE NEXT TWO DECADES, HE SAID.

+THE AREA WILL PROVIDE SITES FOR FACTORIES ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WHICH WILL COMPLEMENT THE LAND INTENSIVE, HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES EXPECTED TO BE SET UP IN THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.+

IN THE AFTERNOON, THE COUNCILLORS FIRST VISITED THE SITE OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, THERE, THEY WERE BRIEFED BY MR. LIEW KWOK-SHAN, SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE.

MR. LIEW SAID THAT A TOTAL OF 80 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR STAGES AND 1 CF THE ESTATE, WHICH IS FINANCED

I MAINLY BY THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION.

SITE FORMATION FOR STAGE I HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON STAGE IT WOULD BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND THE WHOLE PROJECT WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1980.

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED ON FOOT TO THE ADJACENT SHUEN WAN CONTROLLED TIPPING SITE.

MR. WONG WAN-MING, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, TOLD THE VISITORS THAT THE TIP HAD BEEN USED SINCE JUNE 1974 FOR THE DISPOSAL OF REFUSE GENERATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES,

+THE AVERAGE DAILY INTAKE OF THE TIP IS 100 TONNES AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BE FILLED TO CAPACITY BY 1982, + HE SAID.

+ON COMPLETION, THE TIPILL PROVIDE 8.5 HECTARES OF OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY USE AND ANOTHER FIVE HECTARES OF FORMED LAND WITHIN THE ADJOINING BORROW AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THE LEGISLATIVE