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SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1978

WORK ON CHEUNG CHAU DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN SOON

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON A MAJOR SCHEME TO DEVELOP CHEUNG CHAU OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

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TENDERS FOR THE WORK, WHICH INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF ABOUT 12 HECTARES OF LAND ARE BEING INVITED BY THE P.W.D.

MR. T.S. NG, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES) SAID THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD BE THE FIRST STAGE IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF CHEUNG CHAU.

+THE FULL SCHEME INVOLVES THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING FOR 5,000 PEOPLE, LAND FOR PRIVATE HOUSING FOR ANOTHER 10,000 PEOPLE AND SITES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.

+GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MARKETS, SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, INCINERATORS, AN ABATTOIR, OPEN SPACES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.+

OF THE 12 HECTARES OF LAND TO BE FORMED, SIX WOULD BE RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN, KWAI TSAI WAN AND TAI KWAI WAN, HE ADDED.

FILLING MATERIALS WILL BE TAKEN FROM A BORROW AREA ON A HILLSIDE NORTH OF TAI KWAI WAN AND FROM THE AREA EAST OF KWAI TSAI WAN WHERE A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WILL BE SITUATED.

TO CONTAIN THE FILLING MATERIALS, MR. NG SAID, 300 METRES OF SEAWALLS AND 1,400 METRES OF RUBBLE REVETMENT WOULD BE BUILT.

FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE FILLING MATERIALS ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE OF HAUL ROAD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.

THE CONTRACT ALSO COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE KILOMETRES OF ROADS, PATHWAYS AND PROMENADES. SOME NINE KILOMETRES OF STORM WATER DRAINS AND SEWERS WILL ALSO BE LAID.

ON COMPLETION OF THE WORK, MR. NG POINTED OUT, SITES WOULD BE PROVIDED AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN, KWAI TSAI WAN AND TAI KWAI WAN FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 1870 PEOPLE AND FOR VILLAGE TYPE HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL USES.

PART OF THE LAND TO BE FORMED OR RECLAIMED, HE ADDED, WOULD BE USED AS SITES FOR A CENTRAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AN INCINERATOR, AN ABATTOIR, AND A NEW MARINE FUELLING STATION.

A SYSTEM OF STORM AND SANITARY WATER DRAINS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TRUNK SEWERS TO SERVE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CHEUNG CHAU. THIS SYSTEM WILL, IN FUTURE, BE FURTHER EXTENDED.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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