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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1978

RECLAMATION WORK TO PROVIDE 48 HECTARES

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RECLAMATION WORK IS NOW IN PROGRESS NEAR SIU LEK YUEN AND TURRET HILL QUARRY, SHA TIN NEW TOWN, TO PROVIDE 48.5 HECTARES OF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT.

ACCORDING TO MR. S.K. KWEI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 4.8 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF DUMPING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR RECLAIMING THE LAND. OF THIS 1.2 MILLION CUBIC METRES WILL BE FROM BORROW AREAS AND 2.25 MILLION CUBIC METRES FROM PUBLIC/MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION DUMPING.

A 2,312-METRE-LONG SEA WALL TO BE BUILT, WILL REQUIRE A DREDGING OF 495,000 CUBIC METRES, AND DEPOSITING OF 356,000 CUBIC METRES OF SOFT-FILL AND 108,800 CUBIC METRES OF RUBBLE.

THERE WILL BE TWO CHANNELS, TWO BRIDGES AND THREE BOX CULVERTS IN THE AREA.

WHEN RECLAMATION WORKS ARE COMPLETED, THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE 30 HECTARES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE, 8.75 HECTARES FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND 8.1 HECTARES FOR OPEN SPACE. ABOUT 0.5 HECTARE WILL BE RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES.

A SUBSTANTIAL PORT OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT BY MID-1980, OTHER AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE BEFORE DECEMBER 1920.

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