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SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1982

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LAND RECLAIMED FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT

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TO COPE WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND RISING DEMAND FOR LAND IN ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT AN AMBITIOUS RECLAMATION PROJECT FOR 18.4 HECTARES OF LAND AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $116.5 MILLION.

THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, MR K.C. KWONG, WHEN HE AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, LED THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS IN A TOUR OF AP LEI CHAU AND ABERDEEN THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

THE RECLAMATION PROJECT, WHICH STARTED IN THE 1960'S IN THREE PHASES, IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1987.

THE RECLAIMED LAND IS TO PROVIDE FOR AN IMPROVED ROAD SYSTEM BY BUILDING NEW ROADS AND A BUS TERMINUS, AND FOR A CIVIC CENTRE, A MAGISTRACY, AND PUBLIC PIERS.

IN ADDITION, A NEW MARKET COMPLEX IS BEING BUILT AT THE CORNER OF ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD AND CHENGTU ROAD, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. APART FROM MARKET STALLS, IT WILL ACCOMMODATE A PUBLIC LIBRARY, A COOKED FOOD CENTRE A RESTAURANT, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

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IN TODAY'S VISIT, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS FIRST WENT TO THE AP LEI CHÂU ESTATE OFFICE FOR A BRIEFING ON LOCAL HOUSING PROJECTS BY THE ESTATE'S HOUSING MANAGER, MR K.W. NG. WERE TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO HOUSING ESTATES IN AP LEI CHAU BY 1986, ACCOMMODATING SOME 71 600 PEOPLE.

THE 5.27-HECTARE AP LEI CHAU ESTATE WILL HAVE SIX BLOCKS OF 479 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS DESIGNED TO HOUSE 20 000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE SECOND ESTATE, LEI TUNG ESTATE, NEAR PAK SHA WAN, WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1986 FOR 31 600 RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 42 700 LIVING IN RENTAL HOUSING AND 8 900 IN HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS.

THE GROUP THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ROOF-TOP OF LEI NING HOUSE FOR AN OVERALL VIEW OF ABERDEEN BEFORE VISITING THE COMMUNITY HALL IN AP LEI CHAU ESTATE PHASE 2A WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY A COMMUNITY, AND YOUTH OFFICER, MISS LESLIE LAM ON FACILITIES' PROVIDED THERE.

BEFORE CONCLUDING THEIR VISIT, THE MEMBERS LEFT AP LEI CHAU FOR TIN WAN TO BOARD A GOVERNMENT LAUNCH FOR A CRUISE OF THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER AND FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THE VARIOUS ON-GOING PROJECTS.

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