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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1990

MINISTER LARGEST

THE SECRETARY OF WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK, BRIEFED THE ON THE EHC WHICH COST ABOUT $3.4 BILLION AND WAS SO FAR THE SINGLE TRANSPORT PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN HONG KONG.

THE MINISTER WAS TOLD THAT AN AVERAGE OF 34,000 VEHICLES THE TUNNEL DAILY AND THIS WAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FURTHER WITH OPENING OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AND THE KWUN TONG BY-PASS THE MIDDLE OF 1992.

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AT A PAVILION OPPOSITE HONG SHING GARDENS AT THE FRINGE OF TSEUNG KWAN O, THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, DR NIP KAM-FAN, BRIEFED LORD CAITHNESS ON TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSEUNG KWAN 0.

THE NEW TOWN, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 75,000, WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE 400,000 PEOPLE BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. PLANS FOR THE NEW TOWN INCLUDE NUMEROUS GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

LATER THE MINISTER TOURED TSUI LAM ESTATE TO SEE THE FACILITIES AND LIFESTYLE OF A NEW TOWN ESTATE. HE WAS BRIEFED ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (HOUSING MANAGEMENT), MR NIGEL SHIPMAN.

LORD CAITHNESS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS OF THE AREA WHOSE ANCESTORS COULD BE TRACED BACK TO PRE-1898 DAYS, WHEN HE VISITED YAU YUE WAN RESITE VILLAGE.

FROM TSEUNG KWAN O, THE MINISTER, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR K.Y. YEUNG, WENT TO THE SITE OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CLEARWATER BAY, SAI KUNG.

LORD CAITHNESS WAS MET THERE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHƯNG, AND TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE SITE WHERE CONSTRUCTION OF HONG KONG'S THIRD UNIVERSITY WAS WELL UNDERWAY.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, COSTING AN ESTIMATED $3.5 BILLION, IS FINANCED BY A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WITH THE GOVERNMENT MEETING THE BALANCE.

INITIAL INTAKE OF THE UNIVERSITY WILL BE OCTOBER NEXT YEAR, INCREASING TO 7,000 BY 1996.

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