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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987

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GOVERNOR SEES WONG TAI SIN DEVELOPMENTS

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TATE'S DEVELOPMENTS TO TIE IN WITH

THE LION ROCK TUNNEL CAIRN TUNNEL AIMED AT RELIEVING CONGESTION IN

WERE WERE AMONG THE PROJECTS THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID, AND LADY WILSON

SIN DISTRICT THIS (THURSDAY} BRIEFED ON DURING A VISIT TO THE WONG TAI AFTERNOON.

OF

MILLION THE $2,000 THE TERRITORY'S MOST

TOLD OF DETAILS SIR DAVID WAS ALSO KOWLOON CENTRAL ESTATES REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AMBITIOUS HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DURING THE VISIT.

SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND BY THE REGIONAL ACCOMPANIED

NG HON-WAH; KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU; WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR

SIR DAVID AND WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR MICHAEL CHENG,

HOUSE AND LADY WILSON WERE GIVEN A BRIEFING ON THE ROOFTOP OF KAM WAN

OF THEY

COMMANDING VIEW

DIAMOND HAD A AT CHỌI HUNG ESTATE WHERE

CAIRN HILL, TAI HOM AND THE SITE OF THE SOUTHERN PORTAL OF THE TATE'S TUNNEL.

THEY WERE TOLD THAT ABOUT 20,000 WILL HAVE TO BE CLEARED IN FOUR PHASES OVER MAKE WAY FOR THE PROJECT.

PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA THE NEXT 18 MONTHS то

TAI

WILL

BE

REDEVELOPMENT IS ALSO GOING ON IN THE DIAMOND HILL AND THE

NORTH PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE HOM AREAS. THE DIAMOND COMPLETED BY 1991.

HILL

MAJOR PLANNING

DEVELOPMENT

WILL

PROPOSALS INCLUDE

FOR A LOTS,

THE

HOME AND MTR

ΤΑΙ

HOM/DIAMOND OWNERSHIP

HILL SCHEME

PROJECT, COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL

STATION WHICH A PUBLIC HOUSING AND OTHER FACILITIES, SIR

INCORPORATES A RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, ESTATE, A DISTRICT HOSPITAL, A HUGE PARK DAVID WAS TOLD.

WALKED WILSON

THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S POPULATION OF OVER

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY LARGEST SQUATTER AREA IN DIAMOND HILL WHICH HAS A 35,000 PEOPLE. THEY ALSO VISITED A SQUATTER FAMILY.

DURING THEIR TOUR OF THE VILLAGE,

AREA

SQUATTER

SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON

PROGRAMME IMPROVEMENT

HAS GREATLY LEARNED THAT THE

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A IMPROVED THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA.

UPGRADED MAIN DRAINAGE CHANNEL ALONG GRANDVIEW ROAD HAS SIGNIFICANTLY PUBLIC HYGIENE IN THESE SQUATTER VILLAGES.

PROGRAMME

HE WAS ALSO TOLD ABOUT THE REMARKABLE EFFECTS OF THE TWO FIRE BREAKS CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT WHICH EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED TWO MAJOR SQUATTER FIRES IN TAI KOON VILLAGE AND MAN KUK NEW VILLAGE IN 1986.

OTHER FACILITIES IN THE SQUATTER AREAS INCLUDE

METERED WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS,

POINTS.

PUBLIC

TOILETS

AND

LARGE

NEW

STREET LIGHTS, REFUSE COLLECTION

/IN ADDITION,