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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARI 1, 1986
LORD CLEDWYN TOURS EASTERN DISTRICT
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A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, LORD CLEDWYN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOURED EASTERN TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE DISTRICT'S COASTLINE.
ACCOMPANIED BY EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG ABOARD THE LAUNCH 'TIN HAU', LORD AND LADY CLEDWYN FIRST CRUISED THE HARBOUR WHERE THEY SAW THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, TAI KOO SHING, SAI WAN HO RECLAMATION, LYEMUN BARRACKS, HENG FÁ TSUEN AND CHAI WAN CARGO HANDLING BASIN.
THEY THEN WENT ASHORE AT CHAI WAN AND FROM A VANTAGE POINT AT THE CHAI WAN CEMENTERY, LORD CLEDWYN WAS BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN BOTH CHAI WAN AND SIU SAI WAN,
HE WAS TOLD THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MORE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD OPERATE ON THE LAND DERIVED FROM THE CHAI WAN RECLAMATION AROUND THE CARGO HANDLING AREA.
LORD CLEDWYN WAS ALSO BRIEFED ABOUT THE KORNHILL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. HE LEARNT THAT ABOUT 36 000 PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY BE HOUSED IN THE 9 000 FLATS OF THE PRIVATE ESTATE, A QUARTER OF WHICH ARE UNDER THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME.
LORD AND LADY CLEDWYN ALSO MET SEVERAL EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AT A LUNCH IN TAI KOO SHING.
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THE DISTRICT OFFICER, KWUN TONG, MR KEVIN MAK, (WEDNESDAY) OUTLINED THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE DISTRICT IN THE COMING YEAR.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE WAS THE $3 000 MILLION EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT WHICH WOULD START NEXT MONTH WITH VARIOUS FOUNDATION AND GROUND WORK, MR MAK SAID AT A SPRING RECEPTION HE HOSTED FOR THE DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY LEADERS.
TO COPE WITH THE SECOND CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL, A REVIEW ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SITE AT CHA KWO LING - THE TUNNEL'S KOWLOON EXIT - IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, HE ADDED.
THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDED THE FOURTH PHASE OF THE SAM KA TSUEN RECLAMATION AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO THE AREA, MR MAK SAID.
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