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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989

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REGIONAL SECRETARY SEES YUEN LONG DEVELOPMENTS

HSU,

MR ADOLF TO LOOK AT THE AS WELL AS

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, VISITED YUEN LONG DISTRICT THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING PROGRESS OF VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT AT PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROBIN IP,

OF HSU FIRST WENT TO WANG CHAU SERVICE RESERVOIR FOR AN OVERVIEW SHUI WAI,

MR

ΤΙΝ

ON THE

LAND FORMATION AND ANCILLARY

THERE, HE WAS BRIEFED VILLAGE FLOOD PROTECTION WORKS.

AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE OVERALL DESIGN OF TIN SHUI WAI IS

MAKE TO

THEM UPGRADING OF THE SURROUNDING LOW-LYING VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.

THE

VILLAGES

LESS

MR HSU'S NEXT STOP WAS KIU TAU WAI IN PING SHAN WHERE A FLOOD PROTECTION SCHEME HAD BEEN DESIGNED AFTER THOROUGH

THE VILLAGERS.

CONSULTATION

WITH

UPDATE ON

(NTCR)

AN HE THEN WENT TO LOK MA CHAU, WHERE HE WAS GIVEN TWO MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD AND THE VEHICULAR BORDER LINK.

T

FOR THE NTCR PROJECT, WORK ON PHASE II BETWEEN MAI PO SHEK AU WILL BE COMPLETED IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

AND PAK

AS FOR THE VEHICULAR BORDER LINK, CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE I, WHICH INCLUDES A DUAL TWO-LANE HIGHWAY, A TWO-LANE CONCRETE BRIDGE

INTERCHANGE WITH OVER THE SHENZHEN RIVER, AN

THE NTCR AND BORDER

CONTROL FACILITIES, IS DUE FOR COMPLETION THIS SUMMER.

AFTER VISITING THE BORDER, MR HSU RETURNED TO YUEN LONG TOWN FOR A ROOFTOP VIEW OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT TERMINUS AND MAIN ROADS IN THE NEW TOWN.

INTRODUCTION

SINCE THE COMMISSIONING OF THE LRT SYSTEM AND THE OF ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC CIRCULATION MODIFICATION, THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN YUEN LONG HAS DETERIORATED.

TO

FOR THIS REASON, A WORKING GROUP UNDER THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT

OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL SOON PRESENT A LIST

RECOMMENDATIONS THE DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE.

AT HIS FINAL STOP AT NAM PIN WAI, MR HSU WAS

ΤΟ KAU HUI LAYOUT PLAN, A PROJECT DESIGNED

PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR ABOUT 70 HECTARES OF LAND NORTHEAST OF YUEN LONG TOWN.

BRIEFED ON THE A PLANNING AND SITUATED ΤΟ THE

OF LOCAL

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY ENDED HIS VISIT BY MEETING MEMBERS OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD AND REPRESENTATIVES ORGANISATIONS AT A LUNCH RECEPTION.

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