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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1986

LAND BEING RESUMED FOR JUNK BAY TUNNEL PROJECT

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO RESUME TWO LOTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TOTALLING 3 240 SQUARE METRES, LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE RESERVOIR AT LAM TIN, AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO LINK JUNK BAY AND KWUN TONG BY A ROAD TUNNEL.

THE TUNNEL WILL CONNECT JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WITH KWUN TONG AND LEI YUE MUN ROADS AND CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST.

INITIALLY, A SINGLE TUBE CARRYING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC WILL BE BUILT TO SERVE A POPULATION OF BETWEEN 150 000 AND 175 000 AT JUNK BAY.

FOR THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY PHASE ONE UP TO A POPULATION OF 223 000, A SECOND TUBE OF THE TUNNEL WILL HAVE TO BE BUILT AND THE ROAD UPGRADED TO DUAL-CARRIAGEWAY, TWO-LANE.

THE INITIAL SINGLE-TUBE TUNNEL WILL ALSO INCLUDE LARGE MAINS TAKING WATER FROM A NEW TREATMENT WORKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT PAK KONG IN SAI KUNG TO EAST KOWLOON, HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE NEW TOWN.

TREES TO MAKE +BRANCH+ LINE FOR LRT *****

MORE THAN 10 000 YOUNG TREES WILL BE PLANTED ALONG A SEVEN-KILOMETRE STRIP OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE TUEN MUN-YUEN LONG CORRIDOR AS PART OF A SOFT LANDSCAPING PROJECT.

THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST AND TAKE ABOUT 28 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE PLANTING OF THE TREES, ALONG WITH SHRUBS AND FLOWER BEDS, WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE 1987 AND 1988 PLANTING SEASONS.

+AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LRT SOME 1 000 TREES WILL HAVE TO BE FELLED OR TRANSPLANTED. BUT WE WILL BE REPLACING THEM WITH MORE THAN 10 TIMES THAT NUMBER,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TDD'S NEW TERRITORIES/NORTH WEST DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID.

+OF COURSE THESE WILL BE YOUNG TREES AND WILL TAKE TIME TO MATURE. BESIDES THE TREES WE WILL BE PLANTING THOUSANDS OF SHRUBS AND FLOWER BEDS.

+SOFT LANDSCAPING WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE NEWLY-FORMED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE LRT LINE AND ALONG THE CENTRAL RESERVE ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD, HE ADDED.

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