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TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1990

CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT FOR NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH A CONSULTANCY FIRM ON WORKS RELATED TO THE NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT.

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR CHOW CHE-KING, SIGNED THE AGREEMENT WITH REPRESENTATIVES FOR MOTT MACDONALD HONG KONG LIMITED, CONSULTING ENGINEERS.

THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT STUDY OF THE NORTH LANTAU AREA AND THE SUBSEQUENT DESIGNS AND WORKS SUPERVISION OF CONTRACTS.

MR CHOW SAID: "THE DEVELOPMENT AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 570 HECTARES WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE AN AIRPORT SUPPORT COMMUNITY WITH RESIDENTIAL AND AIRPORT-RELATED

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TUNG CHUNG AND TAI HO.

COMMERCIAL

AND

"THE DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL ALSO INCLUDE RECLAIMED LAND ALONG THE NORTH LANTAU COAST FROM SHAM SHUI KOK TO THE AIRPORT FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY AND WAREHOUSE PURPOSES."

THE PLANNING OF EACH OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS IN TUNG CHUNG AND TAI HO IS AIMED ΤΟ BB A BALANCED COMMUNITY WHICH WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING AS WELL AS A FULL RANGE OF SUPPORTING COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IN ORDER TO TIE IN WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW AIRPORT, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1997.

"THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LOCATED IN TUNG CHUNG AND WILL ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE. HOTELS, COMMERCIAL AND AIRPORT-RELATED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME.

"IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE AWARDED IN EARLY 1993 WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF SITE FORMATION WORKS BY EARLY 1994 FOR SUBSEQUENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDING WORKS, MR CHOW SAID.

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THE SCOPE OF THE DEVELOPMENT STUDY, WHICH WILL TAKE 17 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, INCLUDES:

PLANNING OF A COMPREHENSIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE TOTAL REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR A POPULATION OF 200,000 BY 2011 IS MET, AND INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF FURTHER EXPANSION TO SATISFY LONG TERM TERRITORY-WIDE STRATEGIC NEEDS FOR HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL LAND;

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