XN000022-1984-10-28 — Page 5

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1984

WORKS SET TO START IN TIN SHUI WAI

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PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORKS WILL START FOLLOWING THE CLEARANCE OF THE PAK SHA TSAI AREA IN TIN SHUI WAI ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 31), A GOVERNMENT ENGINEER SAID TODAY.

THE PROGRAMME OF DEVELOPMENT WORKS BEGINS WITH DIVERTING THE TAI RIVER - WHICH FLOWS ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE THROUGH A TWIN-CELL BOX CULVERT AND THE FORMATION OF A SMALL AREA FOR SITE OFFICES, LABORATORIES AND AS A WORKS AREA, THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH'S CHIEF ENGINEER, MR PETER ORANGE, SAID.

+THIS TWO-HECTARE FORMED AREA WILL ALSO CONTAIN A NUMBER OF TEST INSTRUMENTS WHICH WILL PROVIDE DESIGN DATA, INCLUDING RATES OF RECLAMATION SETTLEMENTS IN ADVANCE OF WORK ON THE MAIN SITE FORMATION.

+THESE WORKS MUST START NOW IF WE ARE TO MEET GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING TARGETS OF PROVIDING HOMES FOR 135 000 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT DECADE,+ HE SAID.

IN FEBRUARY 1985, CONSTRUCTION OF A 1.2-KILOMETRE-LONG ACCESS ROAD WILL START WHICH WILL LINK TIN SHUI WAL WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD. THIS TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE FOR USE BY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES AND WILL AVOID NUISANCE AND CONGESTION ON EXISTING ROADS IN THE AREA.

THIS ACCESS ROAD WILL EVENTUALLY BE UPGRADED TO DUAL TWO-LANES AND WILL BE THE MAJOR ACCESS TO THE NEW TOWN.

+AT THE SAME TIME IMPROVED FLOOD PROTECTION WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT WHICH WILL ALLEVIATE THE FREQUENT FLOODING PROBLEMS OF VILLAGES ADJACENT TO TIN SHUT WAI,+ MR ORANGE SAID.

A MAIN DRAINAGE CHANNEL WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SITE WHICH WILL THEN FLOW NORTHWARDS INTO DEEP BAY. EXISTING DRAINAGE CHANNELS FLOWING FROM SURROUNDING AREAS WILL BE CHANNELLED INTO THE TOWN'S DRAINAGE AND SEWRAGE SYSTEM.

WHEN PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORKS ARE COMPLETED BY APRIL 1986, SITE FORMATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS FOR THE . MAIN AREA OF 200 HECTARES WILL BEGIN, THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED IN EARLY 1987 WITH WORK ON TIN YIU PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WHICH COVERS AN AREA OF 15 HECTARES.

ON COMPLETION IN 1990, THIS ESTATE WILL HAVE A FULL RANGE OF COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL, WELFARE, EDUCATIONAL AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR A POPULATION OF 35 000.

AN AREA OF 12.5 HECTARES WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED INTO A PRIVATE ESTATE FOR 28 700 PEOPLE.

/DR ORANGE