SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1977
MORE INDUSTRIAL LAND TO BE FORMED IN TUEN MUN
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL DEVELOP AN AREA NORTH OF BUTTERFLY BEACH IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN TO PROVIDE SITES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE LAND FORMATION, WHICH IS PART OF A $77 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN, WILL ALSO PROVIDE A SITE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE BY THE EARLY 1980'S.
IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CONTRACTORS EARLY NEXT YEAR AND COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1979.
THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. PETER NG, SAID TODAY PART OF THE LAND WHEN DEVELOPED WOULD BE SOLD FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
+THIS WILL HELP FURTHER BOOST THE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH THAT IS ALREADY ADVANCING RAPIDLY IN THE NEW TOWN, HE SAID.
MR. NG SAID ABOUT 3.4 HECTARES OF PRIVATE LAND, MOST OF WHICH WERE USED FOR AGRICULTURE, WOULD BE RESUMED.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES, WELLS, IRRIGATION SUMPS AND FENCES, TOGETHER WITH EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE TO CULTIVATORS, PIG BREEDERS AND POULTRY FARMERS.
SEVENTY-ONE TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES AND 193 OTHER ANCILLARY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED, HE ADDED.
+FAMILIES WHO ARE FOUND ELIGIBLE WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING, AND THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE WILL BE OFFERED SPACE IN A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA IN TUEN MUN.
+ALL THE FAMILIES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR EX-GRATIA DOMESTIC
REMOVAL ALLOWANCE,+ HE SAID.
MR. NG ALSO POINTED OUT THAT PROPERTY OWNERS INVOLVED IN THE LAND RESUMPTION WOULD BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVE OF CASH COMPENSATION OR LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENT DOCUMENTS,
MEANWHILE, IN SHA TIN, THE GOVERNMENT IS TO RESUME ANOTHER 238 SQUARE METRES OF LAND AT HUNG MUT KUK IN ORDER TO FACILITATE WORK WHICH IS ALREADY UNDERWAY ON A $4.6 MILLION ROAD INTERCHANGE ON LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD.
THE ROAD INTERCHANGE, WHEN COMPLETED BY EARLY 1979, WILL PROVIDE A VITAL TRAFFIC LINK TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN. IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO LINK UP WITH A PLANNED DISTRIBUTOR ROAD WHICH WILL RUN
INTO SHA TIN.
THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER MR. G.A. HIGGINSON, SAID TODAY NO STRUCTURES OR FAMILIES WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE LAND RESUMPTION.
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