ATIONAL BY LATE 1978 AND WILL HANDLE 900 TONS OF REFUSE A DAY. IT IS SO DESIGNED THAT GAS PRODUCED WILL BE DISPERSED AT A HIGH LEVEL FROM A 150-METRE CHIMNEY, WHILE DUST EMMISSION WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM BY DUST EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT OF HIGH EFFICIENCY.
MEANWHILE, TENDERS ARE INVITED IN TODAY’S GAZETTE FOR CONSTRUCT ION OF A TWO-STOREY STORAGE BUILDING WHICH.WILL FORM PART OF THE INCINERATOR PLANT.
MORE LAND FOR GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL USES IS PROPOSED IN THE NEW TAI KOK TSUI DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD. THIS PLAN REPLACES THE EXISTING ONE PUBLISHED ON ^UNE 1, 1973.
AMONG THE PROPOSALS, WHICH AIM AT MAKING UP THE DEFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE TEEMING DISTRICT, ARE A CULTURAL CENTRE, THREE MULTI-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT COMPLEXES AND MORE OPEN SPACE.
A SITE ON THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION TO THE WEST OF TUNG CHAU STREET HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE CULTURAL CENTRE WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE MAIN CIVIC ACTIVITIES FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE THREE PROPOSED GOVERNMENT COMPLEXES INTENDED TO SERVE AS LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTRES WILL INCORPORATE SUCH FACILITIES AS MARKETS, HAWKER BAZAARS, SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, ASSEMBLY HALLS AND PARKING SPACE.
THEY WILP BE SITUATED AT THE JUNCTIONS OF PEI HO STREET WITH TAI NAN STREET, BOUNDARY STREET WITH TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, AND ANCHOR STREET WITH BEECH STREET.
A LARGE AREA NEXT TO THE PROPOSED CULTURAL CENTRE ON THE RECLAMATION HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AS A PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AREA.
IN ADDITION, SITES HAVE ALSO BEEN EARMARKED FOR THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, A VEHICULAR FERRY PIER, AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW' IN THE AREA, THE BOARD PROPOSES TO BUILD MORE NEW ROADS. THESE INCLUDE ELEVATED ROADS OVER TAI KOK TSUI ROAD AND TUNG CHAU STREET AND TWO FLYOVERS - ONE LINKING BOUNDARY STREET WITH CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND ANOTHER JOINING PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WITH LAI CHI KOK ROAD.
THE PROPOSED ELEVATED ROADS WILL FORM PART OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR ROAD NETWORK.
PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGES AND SUBWAYS ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED AT VARIOUS BUSY ROAD CROSSING POINTS.
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THE BOARD’S VIEW ON THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT IS THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DE A MAJOR RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH LITTLE ROOM FOR FURTHER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THE DISTRICT’S POPULATION WHICH STOOD AT 261.868 IN THE 1971 CENSUS IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO ABOUT 178,000 DY 1990.
THIS MAY BE ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO IMPROVED OCCUPANCY RATES AND THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW TOWN I NG PROGRAMME.
THE ZONED AREA IS BOUNDED IN THE EAST BY NATHAN ROAD. WEST BY THE WATERFRONT, NORTH DY YEN CHOW STREET, AND SOUTH BY CHERRY STREET.
AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UNTIL JULY 22, AT THE CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES,' AND THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE IN THE KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN NATHAN ROAD.
IT MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE IN MURRAY BUILDING AT 35 EACH FOR UHCOLOURED AND $25 EACH FOR COLOURED.
PO TOI 0, A TINY VILLAGE IN SAI KUNG, STANDS TO BENEFIT FROM A PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB WHICH PLANS TO SET UP A YACHT CLUB THERE.
IT IS INTENDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT GRANT A LEASE FOR ABOUT 19 ACRES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED AT PO TOI 0 TO THE CLUB FOR SETTING'UP THE YACHT CLUB.
IN RETURN, THE CLUB WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER SUPPLY TO THE PO TOI 0 VILLAGE PLUS A 3150,000 DONATION TO THE VILLAGERS."
IN ADDITION, ACCESS ROADS TO THE PROPOSED YACHT CLUB WOULD ALSO BE EXTENDED TO PO TOI 0 VILLAGE TO GIVE FURTHER ACCESS TO THE VILLAGERS.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREA INVOLVED IS OUTLINED IN A NOTICE IN TODAY’S GAZETTE. ANYONE WHO HAS OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL OR ANY CLAIMS OF PRIVATE RIGHTS SHOULD SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN TOO MONTHS FROM TODAY.
AN ESSENTIAL ROAD AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL SOON BE PROVIDED IN A NEW INDUSTRIAL AREA IN CHEUNG SHA WAN TO KEEP PACE WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT THERE.
THE AREA INVOLVED IS BOUNDED BY CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND HING WAil STREET, WHERE A TOTAL OF 30 NEW INDUSTRIAL SITES HAVE BEEN LEASED TO DEVELOPERS.
CONSTRUCTION OF MANY NEW FACTORY BUILDINGS AND GO-DOWNS IN THE AREA IS NOW IN PROGRESS.
ALTOGETHER, FOUR NEW ACCESS ROADS WITH A COMBINED LENGTH OF 1,200 METRES WILL BE BUILT TO FACILITATE THE TRANSPORTATION OF RAW MATERIALS AND FINISHED PRODUCTS TO AMD FROM THESE FACTORIES.
WITH A WIDTH OF ABOUT 15 METRES, THE NEW ROADS ARE DESIGNED FOR EITHER TWO OR THREE-LANE TRAFFIC WITH PEDESTRIAN PAVEMENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
AT THE SAME TIME, SOME 1,100 METRES OF SEWERS AND 1,600 METRES OF STORMWATER DRAINS WILL ALSO BE LAID.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN AUGUST AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL ALSO SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION.
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK ARE INVITED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY. 
THE SHORELINE OF EASTERN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL TAKE ON A HEW LOOK IF A PLANNED PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE ALONG THE WATERFRONT IS DU I LT.
THE WORK OF CONSTRUCTING THIS HALF-MILE LONG COVERED WALKWAY SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING ONE ALONG THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT, WILL DE UNDERTAKEN DY THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE SITE OF THE FORMER HOLT’S WHARF INTO A COMBINED COMMERCIAL/RESIDEHTIAL CENTRE.
THE PROMENADE, LINKING TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WITH THE PROPOSED ART GALLERIES, THEATRES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES OH THE SITE OF THE PRESENT TSIM SHA TSUI RAILWAY STATION, WILL PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED WALK ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF TSIM SHA TSU