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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1977

SECOND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO SPRING UP IN YUEN LONG

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AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SIMILAR TO HONG KONG'S FIRST SUCH VENTURE IN TAI PO, WILL SOON APPEAR IN WANG CHAU AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE YUEN LONG TOWN, THE YUEN LONG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. K.K. FUNG, SAID TODAY,

THE ESTATE, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S OVERALL

$500 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, WILL PROVIDE 230 ACRES OF LAND FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

MR. FUNG SAID: +ENGINEERING WORKS FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THREE STAGES AND WILL START AS SOON AS THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SIGNALS THE GREEN LIGHT. +

HE WAS SPEAKING OF GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ON RTHK'S NEWS MAGAZINE PROGRAMME NEW TERRITORIES WEEKLY+,

HE SAID THAT WORKS ON STAGE ONE WHICH ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS WILL COST GOVERNMENT $53 MILLION. +THE ITEMS COMPRISE ROAD WIDENING, DRAINAGE, A LARGE BUS TERMINAL, A GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AS WELL AS SEVERAL PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.

+A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE STAGE ONE WORKS. THE ESTATE WILL HOUSE 13,000 PEOPLE.+

IN REGARD TO STAGE TWO, MR. FUNG SAID THE LAYOUT PLAN WILL INCLUDE A POST OFFICE, A SECONDARY SCHOOL, A PRIMARY SCHOOL, A MULTI-STOREY CARPARK, A MARKET, A SMALL CARPARK FOR MINI-BUSES, A YOUTH CENTRE, A REFUSE COLLECTING STATION AND PLAYGROUNDS.

A NUMBER OF FARMS WILL ALSO BE CONVERTED TO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT FOR BUILDING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BLOCKS, HE SAID.

UPON COMPLETION OF ALL DEVELOPMENT WORKS, THE CENTRE OF YUEN LONG WILL HAVE VARIOUS KINDS OF NECESSARY FACILITIES TO MAKE IT AN IDEAL MODERN MARKET TOWN, MR. FUNG SAID.

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