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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1986

EXCELLENT ENVIRONMENT CREATED FOR TSING YI RESIDENTS

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ENGINEERING AND BUILDING PROJECTS UNDERWAY ON TSING YI ISLAND WILL HELP CREATE AN EXCELLENT LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS, WHO ARE EXPECTED TO NUMBER MORE THAN 200 000 BY THE LATE 1990'S, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A PO LEUNG KUK KINDERGARTEN

IN CHEUNG HONG ESTATE ON TSING YI, DR HAYES SAID DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND HAD PROGRESSED VERY RAPIDLY WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CHEUNG CHING ESTATE IN 1977.

SINCE THEN, TSING YI'S POPULATION HAD RISEN FROM 3 450 IN 1971 AND 42 500 IN 1981, TO ABOUT 80 000 TODAY.

*WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW TSING Y ESTATE (PHASE 1) AND CHEUNG HONG ESTATE (PHASE V), THE POPULATION WILL PASS THE 100 000 MARK BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, DR HAYES SAID.

VARIOUS AMENITIES AND FACILITIES ACCOMPANY THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME, AND OTHER MIXED DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.

+A NEW TOWN CENTRE WILL PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR RECREATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES BY THE EARLY 90'S.

+BASED ON A SERIES OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PLAZAS, THIS CENTRE WILL PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH TRAFFIC-FREE SHOPPING.

+OTHER AMENITIES WILL INCLUDE A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, GAMES HALL, COOKED FOOD CENTRES AND AN URBAN CLINIC.

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+THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ALSO INCORPORATES A WATERFRONT PROMENADE, WITH FOUNTAINS, POOLS AND LOOKOUT POINTS.+

FOR THE MORE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, DR HAYES ADDED, THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF OPEN SPACE AND SPORTS FACILITIES.

ON TSING YI'S TRAFFIC, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SECOND LINK TO THE MAINLAND, KNOWN AS THE NORTH BRIDGE, WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND SHOULD BE READY IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

+AT THE SAME TIME, WORK IS WELL ADVANCED ON THE THROUGH EXTENSION OF THE TSING YI ROAD.

+AT PRESENT THIS IS A LONG CUL-DE-SAC, LEADING TO THE SHIPYARDS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

+ON COMPLETION OF THE EXTENSION PROJECT, THE ROAD WILL CUT THROUGH THE HILLS TO CHEUNG HONG ESTATE, IN THE NORTHEAST. IMPROVING ACCESS TO ALL PARTS OF TSING YI PARTICULARLY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. AND HELPING TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.+

TURNING TO