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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1978

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR MUI WO DEVELOPMENT

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY SIGNED A CONTRACT WORTH MORE THAN $12 MILLION FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT IN MUT WO ON LANTAU ISLAND AS A RURAL TOWN.

THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALL IN SILVER MINE BAY AND THE FORMATION OF ABOUT FOUR HECTARES OF LAND WAS AWARDED TO FOOK LEE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.

MR. BOSCO XEOWN, SENIOR ENGINEER OF P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, SAID TODAY THAT THE LAND FORMED UNDER THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE USED TO PROVIDE SITES FOR A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AN ABATTOIR, THE SECOND PHASE OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 1,200 PEOPLE, A HELICOPTER LANDING PAD AND OTHER GOVERNMENT USES.

HE SAID THAT A 350-METRE SEAWALL AND A 340-METRE RUBBLE WALL WOULD BE BUILT TO CONTAIN THE FILLING.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF 0.7 KILOMETRE OF A TWO-LANE ROAD AND 1.8 KILOMETRES OF STORM AND FOUL WATER DRAINS.

+FILLING MATERIALS, MR. KEOWN SAID, +WILL BE TAKEN FROM A BORROW SITE AT BARREN HILL TO THE SOUTH OF THE WORKS AND THE HAUL ROAD ALREADY BUILT THERE WILL BE USED TO TRANSPORT THESE MATERIALS.

+ THE BORROW SITE, ON COMPLETION, WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME PART OF A COUNTRY PARK,+

WORK ON THE FIRST TWO CONTRACTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUI WO HAS ALREADY BEGUN, PROVIDING SITES FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, A NEW BUS TERMINUS, COOKED FOOD STALLS AS WELL AS SITES FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.

MR. KEOWN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FERRY PIER AT MUI WO TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE HAD ALREADY BEGUN.

IN THE GOVERNMENT'S RURAL TOWNSHIP PROGRAMME, BETTER HOMES AND FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR A TOTAL OF 350,000 PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS OUTSIDE THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN.

MUI WO IS ONE OF EIGHT AREAS LISTED FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROGRAMME.

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