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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1978
$38M LAND FORMATION CONTRACT FOR TUEN MUN SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $38 MILLION CONTRACT TO LE IGHTON CONSTRUCTION PTY. LTD. FOR THE FORMATION OF SOME 29 HECTARES OF LAND IN TUEN MUN.
THE CONTRACT IS PART OF THE SECOND STAGE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING.
THE WORKS INVOLVE EXCAVATING OVER A MILLION CUBIC METRES OF SOIL FROM AREAS TO THE WEST OF TUEN MUN AND USING IT TO FILL LOW- LYING AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE NEW TOWN.
MR. STAN BARDEN, THE P.W.D. PROJECT MANAGER FOR TUEN MUN, SAID THAT THE LAND MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE EXCAVATION WOULD BE USED TO
UILD A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR SOME 20,000 PEOPLE.
PART OF THE LAND OBTAINED BY FILLING THE LOW-LYING AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE NEW TOWN WILL BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REW HOSPITAL TO SERVE THE WHOLE OF TUEN MUN AND MUCH OF THE ..ESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE REST OF THE FORMED LAND WILL BE USED FOR HOUSING DEVELOP- MENT AND FOR A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH WILL SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN.
OTHER WORKS IN THE CONTRACT INCLUDE A MAJOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO SERVE THE NEWLY FILLED LAND AND ADJACENT AREAS, AS WELL AS T..C FAJOR RIVER CHANNELS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE FLOODING OF LAI TEI AND FU TEL.
A ROAD BRIDGE AND FOUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES WOULD BE BUILT ACROSS THE RIVER CHANNELS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VILLAGES IN THE AREA.
GOVERNOR LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR FANLING HOSPITAL EXTENSION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY THAT WITH IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREAS HE EXPECTED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO GROW AND OTHER SERVICES TO DEVELOP FAST IN THE NORTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES,
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SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE FANLING HOSPITAL EXTENSION TODAY, HE SAID THE EXPANDED HOSPITAL WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER MEDICAL SERVICE FOR SHEUNG SHUE, FANLING AND ADJACENT AREAS WHICH ALREADY HAVE A POPULATION OF 100,000.
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