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projects planned to start during the year include the

Eastern District Hospital,

Hospital, already mentioned, the

final stage of the Island East Corridor road and

sewage treatment and disposal facilities in North

West Kowloon. The amount available for new starts in

the financial year 1988/89 is also expected to be

about HK$6 billion.

(c)

New Towns

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Good progress continues to be made with the

development of the new towns, with expenditure on

them continuing to run at about HK$3 billion a year.

The first public housing estate in the extension of

Sha Tin at Ma On Shan has been receiving residents

and the first housing estate in Junk Bay is

ready for occupation.

is also

When completed in the

mid-1990s, the total population of all the new towns

should come to around 3 million.

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Urban Development and Renewal

Since the mid-1970s over a half of the Hong

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Kong Government's

capital

expenditure

has been

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