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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1981
NEW ROAD FOR TUEN MUN TOWN
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A NEW ROAD WILL BE BUILT I: TUEN MUN NEW TOWN TO SERVE THE EUTTERFLY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 60 000 PEOPLE.
A $15.3 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS AWARDED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS, A FRENCH FIRM.
THE 1 250-METRE LONG ROAD WILL ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE FUTURE INDUSTRIAL AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON THE 75-HECTARE RECLAMATION IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN, NEAR THE BUTTERFLY BEACH.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INVOLVE THE WIDENING OF A SECTION OF LUNG MUN ROAD AND SITE FORMATION WORK FOR THE FUTURE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
WORK ON THE PROJECT, FOR WHICH CONSULTANTS ARE SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
PUBLIC WARNED ABOUT POLLUTED BEACHES
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BEACHGOERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO SWIM AT TWO BEACHES IN WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, THEY ARE THE ANGLERS BEACH AND CASTLE PEAK BEACH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE WATER AT THE BEACHES HAD BEEN POLLUTED BY HUMAN WASTE AND WASTE FROM PIG FARMS.
*WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF DESIGNATING THE WATER OFF CASTLE PEAK BEACH AS A BOATING AREA AND TO ADD OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO MAKE UP FOR ITS LOSS AS A BATHING BEACH, HE SAID.
+ IN THE LONGER TERM, WE HOPE TO ESTABLISH A POLLUTION-FREE ENCLOSED SWIMMING LAGOON AT CASTLE PEAK BEACH, WHERE THE SEA WATER CAN BE KEPT CLEAN FOR SWIMMING.
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ON OTHER BEACHES IN THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE WATER QUALITY WAS STILL SATISFACTORY FOR BATHING.
THERE WERE PLANS TO GAZETTE A BEACH AT MA WAN - THE TUNG WAN BEACH ON THE ISLAND - WHERE THE WATER IS GENERALLY VERY CLEAN, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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