completed, while the site formation contract at Stage VII continued to progress satisfactorily with some 9 acres of land being formed for residential, commercial and education uses. A road surfacing contract for Stages VIII and X was started. At Lung Cheung Road Development Area 1, a road surfacing contract for part of Cornwall Street Extension started and is progressing well.
6.13 Reclamation continued at Kowloon Bay where about 702,000 cubic yards of materials from Government projects and private building sites was deposited to form some 37 acres of land.
Kwai Chung Tsuen Wan New Town
6.14 The contract at Kwai Chung Area 29B, to provide 20 acres of land for industrial, storage and Government uses, was completed.
6.15 Reclamation continued at Gin Drinkers Bay where some 244,000 cubic yards of material from Government and private works was deposited, bringing the total area reclaimed to 296 acres.
Sha Tin New Town
6.16 The Stage I Phase I development scheme was originally designed to provide some 100 acres of land to accommodate a population of 30,000 people. Extension of its scope to include an additional Government Housing Estate site in order to keep pace with the accelerated housing programme arising from the approval of the '10 Year Housing Target' was being contemplated, as well as the inclusion of certain roadworks required to handle the expected increase in traffic due to the proposed New Race Course.
6.17 Contracts in Areas 7, 8 and 16 to provide sites for a Government Housing Estate and for residential/commercial and industrial building made good progress; some 625,000 cubic yards of materials was dumped, bringing a total of 61 acres of land formed in those areas. An underbridge was substantially completed to provide access through the railway embankment to the future industrial sites in Area 16.
6.18 Planning of the next phase of Sha Tin Development was in hand.
Tuen Mun New Town
6.19 The name of the New Town was changed from Castle Peak to Tuen Mun, the traditional Chinese name for the area.
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completed, while the site formation contract at Stage VII continued to progress satisfactorily with some 9 acres of land being formed for residential, commercial and education uses. A road surfacing contract for Stages VIII and X was started. At Lung Cheung Road Develop- ment Area 1, a road surfacing contract for part of Cornwall Street Extension started and is progressing well.
6.13 Reclamation continued at Kowloon Bay where about 702,000 cubic yards of materials from Government projects and private build- ing sites was deposited to form some 37 acres of land.
Kwai Chung Tsuen Wan New Town
6.14 The contract at Kwai Chung Area 29B, to provide 20 acres of land for industrial, storage and Government uses, was completed. 6.15 Reclamation continued at Gin Drinkers Bay where some 244,000 cubic yards of material from Government and private works was deposited, bringing the total area reclaimed to 296 acres.
Sha Tin New Town
6.16 The Stage I Phase I development scheme was originally designed to provide some 100 acres of land to accommodate a popula- tion of 30,000 people. Extension of its scope to include an additional Government Housing Estate site in order to keep pace with the accelerated housing programme arising from the approval of the '10 Year Housing Target' was being contemplated, as well as the inclusion of certain roadworks required to handle the expected increase in traffic due to the proposed New Race Course.
6.17 Contracts in Areas 7, 8 and 16 to provide sites for a Govern- ment Housing Estate and for residential/commercial and industrial building made good progress; some 625,000 cubic yards of materials. was dumped, bringing a total of 61 acres of land formed in those areas. An underbridge was substantially completed to provide access through the railway embankment to the future industrial sites in Area 16.
6.18 Planning of the next phase of Sha Tin Development was in hand.
Tuen Mun New Town
6.19 The name of the New Town was changed from Castle Peak to Tuen Mun, the traditional Chinese name for the area.
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