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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1986

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$633M SPENT TO DEVELOP YUEN LONG

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT ABOUT $633 MILLION ON ENGINEERING WORKS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN YUEN LONG DISTRICT UP TO MARCH 1985.

THE FIGURE IS QUOTED IN THE 1985 EDITION OF THE +YUEN LONG NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME+ WHICH WILL BE TABLED AT THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 6).

THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IS REVISED ANNUALLY, AND INCLUDES PROJECTIONS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AHEAD WITH THE MAIN EMPHASIS ON THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE PROPOSALS ARE GROUPED UNDER YUEN LONG NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, TIN SHUI WAI DEVELOPMENT AND NORTH WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

ACCORDING TO THE PROGRAMME, THE TOTAL COST OF ENGINEERING WORKS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, EXCLUDING PUBLIC HOUSING BUILT BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND LAND ACQUISITION IN THE DISTRICT, WAS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $6 800 MILLION,

AT THURSDAY'S MEETING, AMONG THE VARIOUS PROGRESS REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR FULL BOARD ENDORSEMENT, WILL BE A WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986, WHICH HAS BEEN PREPARED BY A WORKING GROUP SET UP AFTER A DEBATE ON THE ISSUE LAST DECEMBER.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE RECENTLY-PUBLISHED CONSULTATIVE PAPER ON THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION CAUSED BY ANIMAL WASTE PREPARED BY THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

AS YUEN LONG HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MEMBERS WILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCONTROLLED DISCHARGE OF ANIMAL WASTE, THE OPTIONS FOR IMPROVED CONTROLS AND THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.

OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON THE MARINE BORROW AREA IN DEEP BAY, THE PROPOSED VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR HA TSUEN AND CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS NEAR TIN SHUI WAI AND THE REBUILDING OF SURVEYED DOMESTIC STRUCTURES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE NOTIFIED OF A YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD SPECIAL MEETING ON MARCH 3 TO ELECT A REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, TO BE HELD FROM 9.30 AM NEXT THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 6) ON 13TH FLOOR, YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 2 KIU LOK SQUARE, YUEN LONG.

A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 8 AM SHARP TO TAKE PRESS MEMBERS TO YUEN LONG.

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