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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1985

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EIGHT MAJOR PROJECTS EARMARKED FOR TUEN MUN

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND $183 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EIGHT PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS IN TUEN MUN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY, SAID THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE RECENTLY AGREED TO THE EIGHT PROJECTS FOR 1986-87 AT ITS ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING.

THE PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD START AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR, INCLUDE A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND A COMMUNITY CENTRE AT LEUNG KING-TIN KING ESTATE, A LAUNDRY AT THE TUEN MUN HOSPITALI A SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC A LIBRARY, POST OFFICE BUILDING AND GARDEN INCORPORATED INTO THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX; PHASE II OF TUEN MUN TOWN PARK, DISTRICT OPEN SPACE; AND PHASE II OF THE BUTTERFLY BEACH RECREATIONAL AREA.

MR SELBY NOTED THAT THESE PROJECTS HAD BEEN DRAWN UP ON THE BASIS OF PROVIDING ESSENTIAL FACILITIES FOR BALANCED DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

AMONG THEM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DISTRICT LIBRARY AND A POST OFFICE WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOWN CENTRE BECAUSE SUCH FACILITIES WERE BADLY NEEDED.

A CENTRAL GARDEN WOULD LINK THE BUILDING BLOCKS WITHIN THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX TO FORM A CENTRALISED FOCAL POINT WITHIN THE TOWN CENTRE.

A SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE BASIC DENTAL CARE SERVICES TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, WOULD BE BUILT IN SEPTEMBER 1986 AND SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN AUGUST 1988.

THE CLINIC WOULD SERVE ABOUT 60 000 CHILDREN IN TUEN MUN WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE PROGRAMME FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.

IN ORDER TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE SITE, AN ADDITIONAL TWO FLOORS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE ACCOMMODATION WITH AN AREA OF SOME 1 850 SQUARE METRES, WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR FUTURE GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUEN MUN TOWN PARK DISTRICT OPEN SPACE WOULD BE BUILT NORTH OF SIU SHAN COURT.

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THE DISTRICT OPEN SPACE WOULD INCLUDE A FULL-SIZE ARTIFICIAL TURF SOCCER PITCH AND SPECIALLY DESIGNED CYCLING FACILITIES. CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN DECEMBER 1986 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-1988.

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