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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1980

FIRST TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE SITE TO BE AUCTIONED

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THE FIRST TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE SITE WILL BE AUCTIONED ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 22).

THE SITE, MEASURING 1.068 HECTARES, IS LOCATED NEXT TO TUEN MUN HIGHWAY. THE PLOT RATIO IS 5 FOR DOMESTIC PREMISES AND AN ADDITIONAL 1.22 FOR NON-DOMESTIC PREMISES. IT HAS A BUILDING COVENANT OF $22 MILLION TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN 56 MONTHS.

UNDER SALE CONDITIONS, THE PURCHASER WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A FOUR-LEVEL PODIUM, WHICH WILL HAVE A RANGE OF FACILITIES INCLUDING OPEN ARCADES, TWO-WAY ESCALATORS, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ZONES, PARKING AND SERVICE AREAS, AN AIR-CONDITIONED COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ZONE, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING AND A PEDESTRIAN WAY.

THERE WILL BE TWO DOUBLE AND ONE SINGLE CRUCIFORM RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS CONTAINING 1 128 FLATS.

THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT THE ST SIMON LUI MING CHOI SECONDARY SCHOOL, TUEN MUN, STARTING AT 2.30 PM.

ANOTHER SIX TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE SITES ARE TO BE SOLD IN PACKAGE DEALS OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS COMPRISING ALTOGETHER ABOUT FIVE HECTARES.

WHEN FULLY COMPLETED, THE TOWN CENTRE WILL HAVE A CIVIC AND CULTURAL CENTRE. FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE AN AUDITORIUM, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, A LIBRARY, A POST OFFICE, A MAGISTRACY AND A BUS STATION.

A POLYCLINIC AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE TOWN CENTRE. AN AREA ADJACENT TO THE TOWN CENTRE WILL BE DEVELOPED AS THE TOWN PARK.

IN THE TOWN CENTRE, THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF EIGHT DOUBLE AND SEVEN SINGLE CRUCIFORM RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS OF UP TO 29 STOREYS EACH. THESE WILL HOUSE 26 000 PEOPLE IN 5 000 UNITS.

THE TOWN CENTRE WILL PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

TUEN MUN WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A MODERN, BALANCED AND SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY OF 580 000 PEOPLE BY THE MID-1980S.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE AUCTION OF THE 1.068 HECTARE SITE AT TUEN MUN, ON WHICH THE FIRST PART OF THE NEW TOWN CENTRE IS TO BE BUILT. THE AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 22) AT THE ST SIMON LUI MING CHOI SECONDARY SCHOOL, TUEN MUN, STARTING AT 2.30 PM. PRESS TRANSPORT TO TUEN MUN WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1.15 PM. THE CAR NOS ARE AM 2088 AND AM 3213.

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