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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1981

$1 400 MILLION ON KOWLOON BAY DEVELOPMENT

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ABOUT $1 400 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON THE KOWLOON BAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WAS TOLD AT THE FIFTH MEETING TODAY (MONDAY).

THE PROGRAMME, CONSISTING OF SITE FORMATION, DRAINAGE WORKS, WATER SUPPLY, A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, HOUSING AND

ROAD AND FACTORY ESTATES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, CLINICS AND COMMUNITY CENTRES, COOKED FOOD CENTRES AND OPEN SPACES, WILL SERVE 70 000 PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHEN COMPLETED BY 1990.

THE PRESENT POPULATION IS ABOUT 20 000.

SITE FORMATION WORK FOR KOWLOON BAY HAS BEEN NEARLY COMPLETED AND UP TO JUNE 1981, SOME 35 LOTS OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WERE SOLD.

A FURTHER 22 LOTS WILL BE SOLD BY THE END OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.

WHILE THE PLANNED USE OF THE RECLAMATION IS PREDOMINANTLY INDUSTRIAL, LARGE PARTS ARE AT PRESENT ALLOCATED FOR VARIOUS TEMPORARY USES, THE BOARD WAS TOLD IN A PAPER ON THE KOWLOON BAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME PREPARED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SOME 20 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREA IS AT PRESENT OCCUPIED BY TEMPORARY USES, WHICH INCLUDE THE KA TAK REFUGEE CAMP, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE CENTRE, THE KOWLOON BAY TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AND SOME WORKS AREA.

CO-ORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AND WORKS TO ACHIEVE THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF KOWLOON BAY WAS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE BOARD WAS TOLD.

A WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD.

ON RECREATION, THE BOARD WAS TOLD THAT AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PLAN THE FIRST KWUN TONG SPORTS FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT A LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION WILL BE HELD.

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