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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1979

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NEW APPROACH ROAD TO KAU WA KENG

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THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT A $24.5 MILLION ROAD SCHEME IN KAU WA KENG, TSUEN WAN, TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

ENGINEERING WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SCHEME IS EXPECTED TO START IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.

+ THE PROJECT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE,+ THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S TSUEN WAN TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR. NORMAN TUCKER SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

+UNDER THE SCHEME, A THREE-LANE SINGLE-CARRIAGE APPROACH ROAD WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT TEMPORARY ROAD LINKING LAI WAN ROAD AND LAI KING ROAD.+

MR. TUCKER ADDED THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY LINK UP WITH THE ROAD SYSTEM TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND GIVE ACCESS TO KAU WA KENG VALLEY AND IMPROVE ITS DRAINAGE OUTLET.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL RESUME 19,728 SQUARE METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 445 SQUARE METRES OF BUILDING LAND FOR THE PROJECT.

THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, SAID THE RESUMPTION WOULD INVOLVE THE CLEARANCE OF FIVE TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES, OCCUPIED BY EIGHT FAMILIES, AND SEVEN OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES USED AS STORAGES, KITCHENS-LATRINES AND A SWITCH ROOM.

MR.

+DEPENDING ON THEIR ELIGIBILITY, DISPLACED FAMILIES WILL BE OFFERED EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING OR TEMPORARY PUBLIC HOUSING, HAYES SAID.

+AS THE LAND TO BE RESUMED LIES WITHIN THE TSUEN WAN-KWAI CHUNG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN, LANDOWNERS CONCERNED WILL BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVE OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS OR CASH COMPENSATION, HE ADDED.

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