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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1983

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WORK ON SECOND TSING YI BRIDGE STARTING NEXT YEAR

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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL INVITE TENDERS TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR FROM PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE AND APPROACHES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK WOULD START IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE.

THE NEW BRIDGE WILL SPAN RAMBLER CHANNEL BETWEEN NGA YING CHAU ON TSING YI SIDE AND SAM PAK TSIN ON KWAI CHUNG SIDE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE AND ITS APPROACHES, TOTALLING ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES. SOME 1.1

SOME 1.1 KILOMETRES WOULD BE ELEVATED STRUCTURE, AND THE LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE OVER RAMBLER CHANNEL WOULD BE ABOUT 260 METRES.

ON COMPLETION, THE BRIDGE WILL FORM ANOTHER DIRECT ROUTE LINK BETWEEN TSING YI AND TSUEN WAN.

A NOTICE INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM APPROPRIATE CONTRACTORS TO CONTACT THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE PREQUALIFICATION LIST APPEARS IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT IS BEING PREPARED AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, ON BEHALF OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

TSUEN WAN ZONING PLAN AMENDED *****

THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT TSUEN WAN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID THAT THE AMENDMENTS WERE MADE TO INCORPORATE NEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS WHICH WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC AND ENHANCE THE GENERAL AMENITY AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF AREA 25 IN TSUEN WAN.

MORE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WOULD ALSO BE ACHIEVED AS A RESULT, HE SAID.

ONE MAJOR AMENDMENT RELATES TO THE REZONING OF ABOUT 8.2 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND IN AREA 25. CURRENTLY USED MAINLY AS OIL DEPOTS, TO +OTHER SPECIFIED USES+, ANNOTATED COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT AREA+.

THE REZONING WOULD PROVIDE LAND FOR ADDITIONAL MIDDLE- TO UPPER-INCOME HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 30 000 PERSONS, THUS FURTHER BROADENING THE POPULATION MIX OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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