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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1987

MR FONG ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE DISTRICT'S AREA COMMITTEES, VARIOUS WELFARE AND VOLUNTARY AGANCIES, INCLUDING KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF RESIDENTS.

IN PARTICULAR, HE SAID, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS MEMBERS HAD BEEN PLAYING AN ACTIVE PART IN ADVISING THE GOVERNMENT ON ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE LIVELIHOOD OF RESIDENTS.

MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T. H. CHAU, MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ATTENDED THE RECEPTION.

PSPS DEVELOPMENT TO BE BUILT IN TUEN MUN

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A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING 2 200 TO 2 400 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IS TO BE BUILT ON A 22 240-SQUARE- METRE SITE AT TSING CHUNG KOON ROAD IN TUEN MUN.

THE LEASE ON THE LAND, WHICH WAS OFFERED FOR SALE BY TENDER, WAS BOUGHT FOR $210 MILLION BY LEADCHOICE LIMITED. IT WAS SIGNED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, TUEN MUN, MR R.B.J. CROSS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PURCHASER.

MR CROSS SAID THE SITE WAS LOCATED WITHIN EASY REACH OF TWO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TUEN MUN HOSPITAL, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF FIVE 36- TO 37-STOREY BLOCKS. ABOUT HALF THE RESIDENTIAL FLATS WILL HAVE FLOOR AREAS OF BETWEEN 45.1 AND 55 SQUARE METRES EACH.

INDIVIDUAL FLOOR AREAS OF THE REMAINING UNITS WILL BE BETWEEN 35 AND 45 SQUARE METRES.

MR CROSS SAID AT LEAST HALF THE UNITS WOULD HAVE THREE BEDROOMS.

THERE WILL BE A THREE-STOREY BLOCK PROVIDING 3 000 SQUARE METRES OF COMMERCIAL AREA AND 284 CAR PARKING SPACES.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A CLINIC, A KINDERGARTEN WITH A MINIMUM OF NINE CLASSROOMS, NURSERY AND RESIDENTS' MEETING AREAS.

LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE AND SITTING-OUT AND RECREATIONAL AREAS, INCLUDING CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS, TWO BADMINTON COURTS, A ROLLER SKATING RINK, AND A PUBLIC GARDEN WITH A POND AND A PAVILION ARE TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN MAY AND BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1989. SALE OF UNITS WILL TAKE PLACE BY MID-1988.

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