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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1980

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AT SHEK WU HUT

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THE AREA OF FANLING, SHEK WU HUI AND SHEUNG SHUI, BEING DEVELOPED AS A NEW TOWN, IS UNDERGOING TRANSFORMATION ON A WIDE FRONT AND WILL BE THE HOME OF NEARLY 170 000 PEOPLE BY THE LATE EIGHTIES.

MR GEORGE CHIEN, ACTING PROJECT MANAGER OF THE PWD TA! PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID TODAY THAT SINCE THE $2 000 MILLION NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BEGAN, ABOUT 74 HECTARES OF LAND HAD BEEN FORMED FOR DEVELOPMENT.

+ANOTHER 200 HECTARES WILL BE PROVIDED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NEW TOWN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HE SAID.

+AT PRESENT, MR CHIEN ADDED, MAJOR. CONSTRUCTION WORKS HAVE BEGUN ON PHASE ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AT SHEK WU HUI FOR ABOUT 16 000 PEOPLE, ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, AND A MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR ROAD THROUGH FANLING AND SHEK WU HUT. +

CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS ON THE SHEK WU HUI SEWAGE TREATMENT PROJECT INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUMPING STATION, INLET WORKS, PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION TANKS, AERATION TANKS, FINAL SETTLING TANKS, SLUDGE DIGESTION AND HOLDING TANKS, A SLUDGE-PRESS HOUSE, AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND ASSOCIATED ROADWORKS.

MR CHIEN POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TREATMENT WORKS WOULD SERVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 127 000 AND WOULD TREAT SEWAGE BROUGHT IN BY A NEW SYSTEM OF SEWERS AND PUMPING STATIONS FROM THE URBAN AREAS OF FANLING AND SHEK WỤ HUT.

+A TRUNK SEWER OF ABOUT 950 METRES LONG IS ALSO BEING LAID NOW IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROJECT, HE ADDED.

REFERRING TO THE MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR ROAD, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, MR CHIEN SAID IT FORMED PART OF A ROAD CONSTRUCTION

OTHER ROAD WORK ITEMS IN THE PROGRAMME NEAR FUTURE.

AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME. WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN THE

IN ALL, HE SAID, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN A NUMBER OF PACKAGES, EACH OF WHICH WILL PROVIDE A BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

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