XN000022-1988-10-31 — Page 2

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1988

LAND USK DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR TSUEN WAN

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A NUMBER OF LARGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WILL BE LAUNCHED IN TSUEN WAN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM SHIU, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

MR SHIU WAS SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE ON LAND USE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN.

THE CONFERENCE WAS ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD'S INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE WITH THE AIM OF ENABLING PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LAND USE IN THE DISTRICT AND THE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PLANNED.

MR SHIU POINTED OUT THAT TSUEN WAN HAD GROWN FROM A SMALL FISHING VILLAGE OF 3,000 INHABITANTS INTO A TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 280,000.

"ITS RAPID EXPANSION IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HAS ENABLED IT TO BECOME AN EXTENSION OF THE URBAN AREA OF KOWLOON HE SAID.

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"THE OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN MTR LINE IN 1982, IN PARTICULAR, HAS HELPED SHORTEN THE TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND THE URBAN AREA.

THE TOWN'S RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE IN POPULATION HAD LED TO A GREATER DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL AREA.

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"IN VIEW OF THE LIMITED LAND RESOURCES FOR EXPANSION, GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ACTION TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF OLD TOWN AREAS AND RECLAMATION WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE SOUTHERN COAST OF TSUEN WAN, HE SAID.

"MORE THAN 33.5 HECTARES OF LAND HAS BEEN OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF RECLAMATION IN TSUEN WAN SINCE 1973."

ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING BLOCKS, MR SHIU NOTED THAT AS WELL AS SOME LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES SUCH AS FUK LOI,

LEI MUK SHUE, CHEUNG SHAN AND SHEK WAT KOK, THERE WERE ALSO MANY PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION, THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE HOTEL IN TSUEN WAN PLAZAS WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.

"IT IS ENVISAGED THAT TAKING PLACE BY THEN.

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