FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1983
DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE GATHERING PACE *****
THE MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE IS STEADILY TAKING SHAPE AMID A BEEHIVE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
WITH DEVELOPMENT GATHERING PACE, THE MAIN FEATURES OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY 1985, MRS PHYLLIS KWAN, THE CHIEF TOWN PLANNER OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID,
BY THEN, THE CENTRE WILL FORM THE HUB OF SHA TIN, CONSISTING OF A CULTURAL COMPLEX, A COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, A MAGISTRACY, OFFICE BLOCKS, HOTELS, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND A KCR RAILWAY" STATION BUILDING.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN ITSELF STARTED IN THE EARLY 1970'S AND HAS SINCE CHANGED THIS ONCE SEDATE, THINLY POPULATED RURAL AREA OUT OF RECOGNITION.
TODAY, THE NEW TOWN IS HOME TO 200 000 PEOPLE. WITH A STEADY INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION WILL GROW TO 430 000 BY 1985 AND TO ABOUT 780 000 BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
BUT WITHOUT THE TOWN CENTRE, THE POPULATION AT THE MOMENT IS MADE UP OF DISPERSED COMMUNITIES.
THE CENTRE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN STAGES ON AN 18-HECTARE SITE IN THE HEART OF SHA TIN WILL PROVIDE THE FOCAL POINT LINKING THE POPULATION POCKETS INTO ONE COHESIVE COMMUNITY AND GIVING THE TOWN A NEW DIMENSION OF IDENTITY, MRS KWAN SAID.
+BECAUSE SHA TIN WAS ORIGINALLY A RURAL AREA WITH LITTLE DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN PLAN MORE EFFICIENTLY AND WITH ATTENTION TO AESTHETICS, SHE EXPLAINED.
THE DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE TOWN CENTRE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE LUSH SHA TIN VALLEY FLANKED BY GENTLE, ROLLING SLOPES ON BOTH SIDES AND THE SCENIC SHING MUN RIVER FLOWING THROUGH IT, SHE SAID.
EVERY BUILDING IN THE CENTRE MUST CONFORM TO THE HEIGHT
AND SPACE LIMITS SET DOWN BY THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. AN EIGHT-HECTARE TOWN PARK WILL STRETCH ALONG THE NORTHERN BANK
OF THE SHING MUN RIVER PARALLEL TO THE TOWN CENTRE.
+THE BASIC CONCEPT IS TO GIVE EVERY BUILDING IN THE TOWN CENTRE AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE EXTENSIVELY LANDSCAPED PARK AND THE RIVER,+ MRS KWAN EXPLAINED.
THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES WILL BE WIDELY SPACED OUT AND, AS AN ADDED AESTHETIC TOUCH, WILL HAVE LANDSCAPED PODIUMS AND ROOFTOP GARDENS, SHE SAID.
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