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LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES

To cope with development in Yuen Long Town, Tin Shui Wai and the Tuen Mun-Yuen Long Corridor, construction of the North West New Territories Sewage Treatment and Disposal Scheme began in the year. The treated effluent will be conveyed through a nine- kilometre tunnel underneath Castle Peak and a 2.6-kilometre submarine outfall pipe for dispersion into the sea at Urmston Road.

In the Tuen Mun-Yuen Long Corridor, construction work commenced on the first stage of a commercial/residential development at Hung Shui Kiu. This development will provide accommodation for about 5 200 persons with the first population intake in 1993.

Tseung Kwan O (Junk Bay New Town) and Sai Kung

The name of Junk Bay was changed in 1989 to Tseung Kwan O, to accord with the Chinese name - literally meaning 'General's Bay'.

The new township of Tseung Kwan O, when fully developed, will provide homes for over 400 000 by the turn of the century. Phases 1 and 2 of the project, which are already underway, will provide homes for 300 000 people.

In the latest planning, the new town proper will be developed mainly for commercial, residential and community uses with industrial development at the fringes. The develop- ment of a third industrial estate in the territory at the south-eastern coast of the new town will provide 70 hectares of serviced industrial land.

About 220 hectares of land has been formed so far. Much of this has been used for public housing and government facilities, but some will be planned for private residential development. Two public rental housing estates and three home ownership schemes have been occupied. Another public rental housing estate and three home ownership schemes are under construction. Population of the new town had reached 60 000 by the end of the year.

The civil and building works for the Tseung Kwan O Road Tunnel have been completed and works on its electrical and mechanical installations are in progress. The tunnel is scheduled to be opened at the end of 1990. The Junk Bay Road/Sau Mau Ping Road interchange at the end of the western portal of the tunnel was opened to traffic early in the year.

To the north east of the new town, construction of the northern access to the University of Science and Technology has commenced. A sewage tunnel from the university to the new town sewage system is also under construction.

At Sai Kung Town, a sewage treatment plant has been commissioned and tested. Reclamation of Sai Kung Creek for a rural public housing estate is about to commence. Planning is in hand for the development of further community and recreational facilities to serve the township and its hinterland.

Islands District

A number of projects to upgrade the living environment and improve general facilities for the rural population and the increasing number of visitors were completed during the year. Particular attention was paid to community and recreational facilities. A reclamation project at the western coast of Cheung Chau, producing sites mainly for community facilities, has been completed and a land formation project for similar use has started in Mui Wo. Drainage improvement works are underway at Tai O.

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Population intake to the Ngan Wan Rural Public Housing in Mui Wo continued during the year. Preparatory work for the construction of Lung Tin Phase 2 Rural Public Housing in Tai O is in hand.

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