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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993

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TENDER FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER/KOWLOON, HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, ANNEX BUILDING, FARM ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, FIRST FLOOR, 11 FARM ROAD, KOWLOON. ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TEL 760 5426.

THE DEADLINE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF TENDERS IS NOON ON MARCH 12.

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS DESIGNED THE WORKS AND WILL SUPERVISE CONSTRUCTION.

2.3 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN NEW TOWNS

THE NINE NEW TOWNS THAT HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING BUILT IN HONG KONG HAVE A COMBINED CAPACITY FOR THREE-AND-A-HALF MILLION PEOPLE.

BY NOW, THERE ARE ALREADY 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN EIGHT OF THE NEW TOWNS.

ANNOUNCING THIS AT THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S SPRING RECEPTION, THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR C K CHOW 1 DESCRIBED HONG KONG'S NEW TOWN PROGRAMME AS "PROBABLY THE MOST AMBITIOUS ONE" IN THE WORLD.

SUBSTANTIATING HIS VIEW, MR CHOW SAID: WE HAVE PROVIDED 4,500 HECTARES OF SERVICED LAND, 3.5 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE NEW AIRPORT, 746 KM OF ROADS, 491 SCHOOLS, 8,521 HOSPITAL BEDS AND 364 HECTARES OF PARKS.

"TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC HOUSING, WE HAVE SPENT OVER $100 BILLION, AND THERE IS YET ANOTHER $150 BILLION EXPENDITURE BEING PLANNED.

EARLIER, MR CHOW POINTED OUT THAT HIS DEPARTMENT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, HAD ENTERED ITS 20TH YEAR.

THE DEPARTMENT WAS RENAMED TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN 1986 WHEN ITS RESPONSIBILITY WAS EXTENDED TO COVER THE NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREAS.

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"SINCE THEN, BESIDES BUILDING NEW TOWNS, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO WORKING ON MAJOR URBAN EXPANSION SCHEMES, SUCH AS WEST AND CENTRAL/WANCHAI RECLAMATION,

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"AFTER 20 YEARS, OUR WORK IS ALREADY QUITE VISIBLE EYE OF THE PUBLIC, NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT ALSO IN THE WORLD,

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