SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1980
TAI PO TAKING SHAPE AS MAJOR NEW TOWN
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A MODERN NEW TOWN IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE AT TAI PO.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TOWN'S FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE - A DEVELOPMENT WHICH THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG, RECENTLY DESCRIBED AS A TURNING POINT WAS COMPLETED IN MAY AND TENANTS ARE NOW MOVING IN.
TWO FACTORIES ON THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION SITE A FEW KILOMETRES FROM THE TOWN CENTRE ARE ALREADY IN OPERATION AND TEN WILL BE FUNCTIONING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. RECLAMATION WORK IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETED.
THE GO AHEAD HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE COAST ROAD LINKING TAI PO WITH SHA TIN AND THE URBAN AREAS. THIS TRUNK ROAD WILL EXTEND EVENTUALLY ROUND THE OTHER NEW TERRITORIES NEW TOWNS.
BOAT SQUATTERS AT YUEN CHAU TSAI HAVE LONG GONE AND THE AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD LEADING INTO TAI PO IS BEING RECLAIMED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING. ONLY LAST YEAR, DRAGON BOAT RACES WERE HELD IN THIS AREA.
THE PRESENT POPULATION OF TAI PO IS 47 000, BUT WILL GROW TO 220 000 BY THE END OF THE 1980'S.
ABOUT 68 000 PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN TWO ESTATES - TAI YUEN, DUE TO BE FULLY COMPLETED NEXT MARCH, AND AN ESTATE NOT YET NAMED TO BE BUILT IN THE SAME AREA ON LAND RECLAIMED FROM TOLO HARBOUR.
THE BALANCE OF HOUSING WILL BE PRIVATE AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME DEVELOPMENT FOR 4 500 PEOPLE.
A TOTAL OF ABOUT 80 HECTARES WILL BE FOR INDUSTRY, PROVIDING JOBS FOR 116 000 PEOPLE. THE MAJORITY OF THIS LAND - 64.5 HECTARES IS FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY, WHILE THE BALANCE IS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY,
LAND FOR GOVERNMENT USES WILL BE MORE THAN 47 HECTARES TO PROVIDE SITES FOR SCHOOLS, A 1 400-BED POLYCLINIC, A MARKET.
A SPORTS STADIUM, POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES BUILDINGS, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, A CULTURAL COMPLEX AND SEWAGE WORKS.
OPEN SPACE WILL TAKE NEARLY 32 HECTARES.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO NEW TOWN BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE IN NINE PACKAGES COSTING AT LEAST $2 600 MILLION. THE TOWN WILL COVER AN AREA OF 2 715 HECTARES, MUCH OF IT AS WITH OTHER NEW TOWNS - RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA.
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VARIOUS STUDIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME INCLUDING ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPE AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
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