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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1984

SHA TIN'S $7 000M GROWTH PLAN DISCUSSED

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ABOUT $7 000 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN SHA TIN IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TOLD DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AT A SEMINAR THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.

THE SEMINAR ON SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 1983+, ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WAS HELD TO ENABLE BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR CHOW CHE-KING, MORE THAN HALF OF THE AMOUNT WOULD BE SPENT ON MA ON SHAN WHICH WOULD BE DEVELOPED INTO A TOWN CENTRE FOR 300 000.

ON MA ON SHAN, HE SAID THAT THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR 150 000 PEOPLE ON A RECLAIMED SITE OF 95 HECTARES, WITHOUT THE PROVISION OF A RAIL-BASED TRANSPORT LINK.

+PHASE DEVELOPMENT INVOLVES AN ADVANCE RECLAMATION CONTRACT WHICH BEGAN IN MAY 1981, AND A SITE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING FOR 30 000 PEOPLE IS READY. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT STARTED PILING IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND THE FIRST RESIDENTS WILL MOVE IN BY OCTOBER 1986, + HE SAID.

+PHASE II INVOLVES THE FORMATION, RECLAMATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER 120 000 PEOPLE WHILE PHASE III PROVIDES FOR THE RECLAMATION OF THE REMAINING AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THE BALANCE OF THE DESIGNED POPULATION TOGETHER WITH THE ROAD TO NAI CHUNG IN SAI KUNG,+

MR CHOW ADDED THAT A FULL RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SUCH AS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, FIRE STATION, POLICE STATION, COMMUNITY CENTRE, CLINIC AND HOSPITAL WAS ALSO BEING PLANNED.

IN SHA TIN MAIN TOWN, WORK IS ABOUT TO START ON SEVERAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE CULTURAL COMPLEX AND MAGISTRACY BUILDING IN THE TOWN CENTRE, THE CREMATOR FUM AND COLUMBARIUM IN LOWER SHING MUN, AND A SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION AND AN AMBULANCE DEPOT IN TIN SUM.

AFTER THIS SEMINAR, THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WILL BE SUBMITTED TO ALL COMMITTEES OF THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR MORE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS AT THEIR COMING MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

MEMBERS' VIEWS AND COMMENTS WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION

WHEN PREPARING THE 1984 PROGRAMME, MR CHOW SAID.

ABOUT 50 BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS ATTENDED THE SEMINAR CHAIRED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG.

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