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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1988

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HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING NURSERIES, RECREATION CLUB SHOPPING FACILITIES PROVIDED.

COMMUNITY COMPREHENSIVE

AND

AND

THE

OF

PRIMARY SCHOOLS, KINDERGARTENS,

WIDE RANGE

COMMERCIAL

AND

BY

PUBLIC

MR LAN LATER WENT TO FA YUEN VILLAGE, WHICH WILL BE CLEARED

SHAU KE1 WAN FOOTHILLS MID-1989 TO GIVE WAY TO THE

(WEST) HOUSING PROGRAMMES SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BETWEEN 1993 AND 1995.

ΚΕΙ SHAU

WAN FOOTHILLS MOST OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE

(WEST) BE ELIGIBLE FOR URBAN SQUATTER AREA AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE WILL PUBLIC RE-HOUSING, MAINLY IN TSUI WAN ESTATE IN CHAI WAN.

OF PERFECT MOUNT GARDEN MR LAN THEN WENT TO THE ROOFTOP THE

BAY RECLAMATION

AND ALDRICH

PROJECT SHAU KEI WAN TO SEE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR (IEC) PHASE 3.

BUILD

A LARGER TYPHOON THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING 13-HECTARE ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER CURRENTLY OVERCROWDED, HAVING SOME 400 VESSELS.

IN

THE

то SHELTER

WHICH IS

RESULTING FROM AREA, A

PLANT

AND

BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUS WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM THE DISCHARGE OF UNTREATED SEWAGE WATER FROM THE SURROUNDING PROPER SEWAGE

DISPOSAL

-

SYSTEM

- WILL BE INCLUDED SUBMARINE OUTFALL FOR THE NEW TYPHOON SHELTER.

A

SEWAGE IN THE

SCREENING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME

MR

LAN

REMARKED

THAT

THE

GOVERNMENT

HAD

SHOWN

ITS OVER

DETERMINATION TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA BY SPENDING $290 MILLION ON THE RECLAMATION PROJECT.

OF THE NEW

TYPHOON

IN SHELTER LAND FOR BOTH PUBLIC

1990,

THE

UPON COMPLETION EXISTING SHELTER WILL BE RECLAIMED TO PRODUCE AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER 30,000 PEOPLE.

SECRETARY MOST PART OF BY THE

ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IEC PHASE 3, THE REGIONAL WAS TOLD THAT BITUMINOUS MATERIALS WOULD BE APPLIED ON THIS SECTION OF THE IEC SO AS TO REDUCE NOISE NUISANCE CAUSED TRAFFIC ON THE ELEVATED CARRIAGEWAY.

MR LAN HOPED THAT IF THE TRIAL OVERLAY SCHEME AT THE SECTION OF BITUMINOUS MATERIALS THE IEC NEAR CITY GARDEN HAD PROVED SUCCESSFUL, COULD BE WIDELY USED ON OTHER HIGHWAYS IN FUTURE.

THE MR LAN SAID THAT HE WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE SUGGESTION THAT

SHOULD BE SCHEME

SHORTENED FROM TWO TRIAL PERIOD FOR THE OVERLAY YEARS TO ONE ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE EXPERIMENT HAD ALREADY PROVED BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN SO FAR AS REDUCING NOISE NUISANCE WAS CONCERNED.

TO

/HOWEVER, HE