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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1977
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR TSING YI
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND $60 MILLION TO DEVELOP THE CENTRAL AND NORTH-EASTERN PARTS OF TSING YI ISLAND FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, AS WELL AS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME.
ABOUT 20.5 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE PRODUCED BY CUTTING THE HILLS AND RECLAIMING THE SEA BY MID-1980 FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THE LAND TO BE FORMED AT CENTRAL TSING YI IS EARMARKED FOR ROADS AND DRAINS AND FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF CHEUNG CHING ESTATE TO HOUSE ANOTHER 26,700 PEOPLE.
THE SOUTHERN PART OF TSING YI BAY WILL BE RECLAIMED TO PROVIDE LAND FOR A TOWN CENTRE, GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, OPEN SPACE, A PIER AND FERRY CONCOURSE.
THE LAND FORMATION AND RECLAMATION WORKS, TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CONTRACTORS, WILL START EARLY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS TO COMPLETE.
THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY THE SCHEME WAS AN IMPORTANT ONE AS IT WOULD CATER FOR THE EXPECTED GROWTH OF THE ISLAND.
MR. HAYES SAID THAT TO FACILITATE LAND FORMATION AND RECLAMATION, ABOUT 2,100 SQUARE METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 2,424 SQUARE METRES OF BUILDING LAND WOULD HAVE TO BE RESUMED.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES, FENCES, WELLS, WATER PIPES AS WELL AS EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE FOR CULTIVATORS, PIG BREEDERS AND POULTRY FARMERS.
THIRTY-THREE TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES AND 49 OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
+THE DISPLACED FAMILIES, IF FOUND ELIGIBLE, WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN TSUEN WAN OR TSING YI, AND THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE WILL BE OFFERED SPACE IN A LOCAL TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA,+ HE SAID.
+IN ADDITION, HE SAID, +ALL THESE FAMILIES MAY BE ELIGIBLE
FOR EX-GRATIA DOMESTIC REMOVAL ALLOWANCE.+
LAND OWNERS INVOLVED IN THE LAND RESUMPTION WILL BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVE OF CASH COMPENSATION OR LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENT DOCUMENTS, HE ADDED.
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