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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1992

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THE LIST OF NEW PROJECTS FOR LAND FORMATION, ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH HAVE EITHER STARTED WHICH ARE PROGRAMMED TO START CONSTRUCTION DURING THE NEXT THRER YEARS, INCLUDES A $444 MILLION SCHEME TO RECLAIM 19 HECTARES OF LAND IN ALDRICH BAY, SHAU KEI WAN FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY USES.

IT ALSO INCLUDES A $1.8 BILLION PROJECT TO DEVELOP A LARGE WASTE DISPOSAL LANDFILL IN NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES, A

$1 BILLION PROJECT TO UPGRADE LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND CHING CHEUNG ROAD, A DUPLICATE TSING YI SOUTH BRIDGE AT $785 MILLION, A $2.7 BILLION PROJECT ΤΟ PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BACK-UP AREA AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CT 9 PORT DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST TSING YI, AND A NEW CONVALESCENT/INFIRMARY HOSPITAL AT TAI PO AT $682 MILLION.

ON NEW TOWN PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS FORMALLY STARTED IN 1972, AND IS CELEBRATING ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.

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HONG KONG NOW HAS EIGHT NEW TOWNS, WITH A TOTAL POPULATION 2.3 MILLION. BY THE YEAR 2000, THE POPULATION OF THE NEW TOWNS IS EXPECTED TO REACH ALMOST 3 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT HALF OF THE EXPECTED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THAT TIME, MR BLAKE SAID.

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"DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST GENERATION NEW TOWNS, TSUEN WAN, TIN AND TUEN MUN, IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. IT IS EXPECTED THAT TIN WILL TAKE OVER FROM KWUN TONG AND EASTERN TO BECOME THE MOST POPULATED DISTRICT IN THE TERRITORY BY THE YEAR 2000," HE SAID,

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND GENERATION NEW TOWNS, ΤΑΙ PO, FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI AND YUEN LONG, HAVE PASSED THEIR HALF-WAY MARK AND ARE CONTINUING.

THE THIRD GENERATION NEW TOWNS, TSEUNG KWANO AND TIN SHUI WAI, WHICH BEGAN THEIR DEVELOPMENT ONLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF EIGHTIES ARR ALREADY SUCCESS STORIES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.

"THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS, WILL HAVE INVESTED SOME $240 BILLION IN THE NEW TOWN PROGRAMME, OVER A 40 YEAR PERIOD FROM 1972 ONWARDS, HE SAID.

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DURING THIS SAME PERIOD DEVELOPMENT WILL BEGIN FOR THE NINTH TOWN WHICH IS PLANNED FOR THE TUNG CHUNG TAI HO AREA ON NORTH

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INITIALLY, THE SECRETARY SAID, IT WILL PROVIDE AIRPORT SUPPORT TOWN FACILITIES, BUT IS PLANNED FOR INCREMENTAL EXPANSION TO REACH POPULATION OF 200,000 BY THE YEAR 2011.

MEANWHILE, MR BLAKE SAID WORK ON ALL PROJECTS FUNDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND AS PART OF THE AIRPORT PROGRAMME IS PROGRESSING WELL.

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