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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: BRIEF ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS IN HONG KONG

BEGINS:

PUBLIC SECTOR

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GOVERNMENT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN 1988/89 WILL TOTAL HK DOLLARS

6,770 MILLION, EXCLUDING EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC HOUSING. AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, ABOUT HALF IS BEING DEVOTED TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES IN THE NEW TOWNS. THREE OF THESE TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN ARE WELL OVER HALF-COMPLETED. TAI PO, YUEN LONG AND FANLING NEW TOWNS ARE ALSO WELL ADVANCED. THE FIRST HOUSING IN JUNK

BAY HAS JUST BEEN OCCUPIED. FORMATION WORK IS JUST STARTING IN TIN

SHUI WAI IN THE NORTH-EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

2. APPROXIMATELY 40,000 BUBLIC HOUSING FLATS FOR RENTAL AND SALE ARE EXPECTED TO CONSTRUCTED THIS YEAR, MOSTLY IN THE NEW TOWNS, AT A COST OF ABOUT DOLLARS 5 BILLION. ABOUT 30,000 PRIVATE SECTOR FLATS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE BUILT.

3. OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS NOW IN PROGRESS ARE :

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(A) A 1,600 BED HOSPITAL IN TUEN MUN IS NEARLY COMPLETED AND WILL BE OPENED AT THE END OF 1988 WORK ON ANOTHER 1,600 BED HOSPITAL IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND IS JUST STARTING FOR COMPLETION IN 1992:

(B) THE NEW CULTURAL CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI IS SCHEDULED FOR

COMPLETION IN OCTOBER 1988:

(C) THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION

IN 1989 WITH A VIEW TO A FIRST INTAKE IN 1991.

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