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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1981

DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN AS A NEW TOWN BEGAN THE EARLY 1970S WHEN THE POPULATION WAS ABOUT 40 000. BY THE TIME IT IS COMPLETED AT THE END OF THE DECADE, IT WILL HAVE A POPULATION APPROACHING 600 000. THE PRESENT POPULATION IS MORE THAN 120 000.

THE TAI PO SITE, LIKE THE TUEN MUN SITE, WILL INCLUDE A PODIUM WITH RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION ABOVE.

IT IS ON RECLAIMED LAND OPPOSITE TAI PO OLD MARKET.

THE SITE MEASURES 5 204 SQUARE METRES AND WILL YIELD A MAXIMUM 720 FLATS IN TWO DOUBLE CRUCIFORM BLOCKS.

AT THE FIRST LEVEL THERE WILL BE SHOPS AND OFFICES, CAR PARKING FACILITIES AND PEDESTRIAN ARCADES.

AT LEVEL 2 THERE WILL BE EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING AND A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA.

THE 15-STOREY TOWER BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT ABOVE LEVEL 3.

BUILDING WORKS COSTING $32 MILLION HAVE TO BE COMPLETED ON THE SITE WITHIN FOUR YEARS.

THIS IS ONE OF NINE TAI PO TOWN CENTRE SITES TO COME ON THE MARKET OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. TAI PO IS TO HAVE AN EVENTUAL POPULATION OF 250 000, FOUR TIMES THE PRESENT LEVEL.

CONSULTANTS WILL DESIGN THE TOWN CENTRE AND DEVELOPERS WILL BE REQUIRED BY LEASE CONDITIONS TO CONFORM TO THIS DESIGN.

THE TOWN CENTRE WILL BE MAINLY FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, OCCUPYING 41.6 HECTARES WHEN COMPLETED. THE WHOLE OF THE NEW TOWN WILL COVER MORE THAN 2 300 HECTARES.

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HIGH DENSITY IN 15, 20 AND 30-STOREY TOWER BLOCKS ALL BUILT OVER PODIUM STRUCTURES.

BUILT.

NEARLY 6 500 FLATS PROVIDING HOMES FOR 30 000 PEOPLE WILL BE

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE RETAIL FLOOR SPACE TOTALL ING 92 400 SQUARE METRES AT PODIUM LEVELS LINKED BY INTERNAL MALLS AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.

A CULTURAL COMPLEX, AN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE, A SOCCER PITCH, A MARKET, SCHOOLS, OPEN AREAS AND CAR PARKING SPACES WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT.

AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT TAI PO AND SEVERAL FACTORIES ARE ALREADY OPERATING THERE.

/THE TOWN