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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1988

MR WAN ADDED THAT OTHER COMMERCIAL SCHEMES WOULD BE DEVELOPED AT THE HARBOUR CENTRE, THE NEW TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE, AND THE SO KWUN WAT MARINA, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A HOTEL.

TURNING TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID THAT OVER 1,200,000 SQUARE METRES OF INDUSTRIAL FLOOR SPACE IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND WAS NOW OCCUPIED BY SOME 2,000 MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, PROVIDING JOBS FOR OVER 30,000 WORKERS.

MR WAN SAID THE PLAN FOR TUEN MUN LAND RESERVES COULD, ON FULL DEV LOPMENT, PROVIDE ANOTHER 100,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR RESIDENTS.

HE ADDED THAT CERTAIN AREAS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN HAD BEEN RESERVED ΤΟ ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL INDUSTRIES SUCH AS THOSE REQUIRING LARGE SITES WITH SEA ACCESS AS STATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT STUDS OF AREA 38B.

REGARDING HOUSING, MR WAN SAID TUEN MUN AT PRESENT HAD EIGHT PUP IC HOUSING ESTATES, PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR 176,000 PEOPLE.

"THE EXISTING POPULATION FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME IS 50,000 AND FOR PRIVATE HOUSING IT 1 60,000."

HE NOTED THAT DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HAD :EEN TO THE FOREFRONT IN THE DISTRICT AND, WITH MANY PROJECTS UNDITY CONSTRUCTION OR AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF PLANNING, SOME FLAT WOULD PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR 50,000 INHABITANTS.

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REFERRING TO GOVERNMENT POLICY, MR WAN EXPLAINED THAT IN OF HAPID INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND A BURGEONING POPULATION, THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT NEGLECTED A BALANCED PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL, MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

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"A TOTAL OF $170 MILLION HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR SEVEN CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, HE SAID.

"AMONG THEM ARE BUTTERFLY BEACH RECREATION AREA, TOWN PARK PHASE II, A BOTANICAL GARDEN IN AREA 32, AND A NULLAH PROMENADE COMPRISING A CYCLING TRACK."

CONCERNING COMMUNITY FACILITIES, HE SAID THE 1,600-BED TUEN MUN HOSPITAL WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF 16 GOVERNMENT PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN THIS FIELD.

MR WAN CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT DESPITE CONCURRENT PROBLEMS CONCERNING TRANSPORT AND BOAT PEOPLE IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, HE WAS CONVINCED THAT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION WOULD HELP IN SOLVING ALL ISSUES.

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