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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1981

DANGEROUS GOODS GODOWN

THE SITE FOR A DANGEROUS GOODS GODOWN IS IN YUEN LONG AND WILL ALSO BE SOLD BY CASH TENDER. IT MEASURES 0.45 HECTARES.

THE NTA SPOKESMAN, STRESSING THAT THE SALES PROGRAMME WAS PROVISIONAL AT THIS STAGE, SAID THE LAND TO BE OFFERED DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WOULD BRING TO 87 HECTARES THE AMOUNT PUT UP FOR DISPOSAL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. THE NUMBER OF SITES OFFERED OVER THE SAME PERIOD WILL TOTAL 164.

NEW RESERVOIR FOR SHA TIN ****

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR AT AH KUNG KOK, AN AREA OPPOSITE THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE.

THE WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE 1 500 METRES OF MAINLAYING.

THE RESERVOIR WILL HAVE A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 17 000 CUBIC METRES AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN REINFORCED CONCRETE. THE MAINS WILL BE LAID TO FEED THE RESERVOIR AND CONVEY WATER FROM THE RESERVOIR TO A NEARBY AREA WHERE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE.

CONSTRUCTION WILL START IN MAY 1981 AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

FOOTPATHS TO BE CLOSED FOR OCEAN PARK EXTENSION ****

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IN CONNECTION WITH THE GRANT OF AN EXTENSION TO THE OCEAN PARK FOR THE PROVISION OF A SECOND ENTRANCE TO THE PARK'S HEADLAND, THOSE FOOTPATHS AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AS THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE EXISTING LOCAL FOOTPATH SYSTEM IN THE AREA UNTIL CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE RESPECTIVE PHASES COMMENCED.

+ IN ORDER TO ALLOW UNINTERRUPTED USE OF THE FOOTPATH SYSTEM, ALTERNATIVE ACCESS WILL, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BE PROVIDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKING MUST SEND HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS NOT LATER THAN APRIL 20, 1981. ANY CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION MUST REACH THE DIRECTOR BEFORE MAY 20, 1981.

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