PWSC(97-98)94
For discussion
on 7 January 1998
ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS
SUBCOMMITTEE OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
HEAD 707 - NEW TOWNS AND URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT
Housing - Rural housing improvement
Transport - Roads
18HH - Village improvements and development schemes in the New Territories
446TH- Improvement, reconstruction and extension of village access roads in the New Territories
Members are invited to recommend to Finance Committee -
- the upgrading of part of 18HH, entitled "Village improvements and development schemes in the New Territories: 1998-99 Programme", to Category A at an estimated cost of $178.0 million in money-of-the-day prices;
- the upgrading of part of 446TH, entitled "Improvement, reconstruction and extension of village access roads in the New Territories: 1998-99 Programme", to Category A at an estimated cost of $206.1 million in money-of-the-day prices; and
- the retention of the remainders of 18HH and 446TH in Category B.
PROBLEM
Some villages in the New Territories (NT) lack basic amenities and infrastructure and suffer problems arising from pollution and local flooding.
PROPOSAL
2.The Director of Home Affairs, with the support of the Secretary for Home Affairs, proposes to upgrade parts of 18HH and 446TH to Category A at a total estimated cost of $384.1 million in money-of-the-day (MOD) prices to implement the 1998-99 programme of the Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy (RPIS) in the rural New Territories.
PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE
3.The scope of RPIS works comprises -
- works related to infrastructural improvement or development within village layouts and the provision of serviced land for village expansion;
- the provision of sewerage networks and treatment plants to unsewered developments within the village confines (major sewers relating to the implementation of the Sewerage Masterplan Studies carried out by the Environmental Protection Department are excluded from the RPIS);
- improvements and extensions to existing village roads and van tracks with footpaths, passing places and associated drainage;
- incorporation of new amenities such as sitting-out areas, children's playgrounds and gardens in existing village layouts;
- works related to land drainage, river training and flood protection schemes for villages;
- the provision and improvement of communal irrigation and field drainage facilities as well as farm access in selected agricultural areas; and
- other related works endorsed by the RPIS Minor Works District Working Groups and approved by the RPIS Minor Works Steering Committee.
Details of the proposed works are at
Enclosures I and
II.
JUSTIFICATION
4.We need to improve the environmental conditions of some rural villages in the New Territories which have deteriorated due to local flooding and pollution arising from human, animal and industrial sources. The RPIS is a coherent strategy endorsed by the Executive Council in 1989 to improve the basic amenities and infrastructure in the rural areas in the New Territories. The strategy focuses on the implementation of a 10-year programme of infrastructural development and environmental improvement. The proposed works constitute the 1998-99 programme of the RPIS with the cost of each works item being not greater than $15 million.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.We estimate the total capital cost of the 1998-99 programme of works to be $384.1 million in MOD prices (see paragraph 6 below), made up as follows -
| Item | District | $ million |
|
|---|
| (a)18HH | (i) Islands | 29.0
|
| (ii) Kwai Tsing | 0.7
|
| (iii) North | 15.5
|
| (iv) Sai Kung | 8.7
|
| (v) Sha Tin | 7.6
|
| (vi) Tai Po | 11.1
|
| (vii) Tsuen Wan | 20.7
|
| (viii) Tuen Mun | 11.7
|
| (ix) Yuen Long | 27.1
|
| (x) Contingencies | 9.3
|
| Sub-total | 141.4 | (at
December
1996 prices)
|
| (xi) Inflation allowance | 36.6
|
| Total | 178.0 | (in MOD
prices)
|
| (b) 446TH | (i) Islands | 19.2
|
| (ii) Kwai Tsing | 0.8
|
| (iii) North | 45.6
|
| (iv) Sai Kung | 30.3
|
| (v) Tai Po | 19.9
|
| (vi) Tsuen Wan | 2.8
|
| (vii) Tuen Mun | 30.5
|
| (viii) Yuen Long | 3.6
|
| (ix) Contingencies | 10.7
|
| Sub-total | 163.4 | (at December 1996 prices)
|
| (x) Inflation allowance | 42.7
|
| Total | 206.1 | (in MOD prices)
|
6.Subject to approval, we will phase the expenditure as follows:-
| Year | $ million
(Dec 1996) | Price
adjustment
factor | $ million
(MOD)
|
|---|
| 18HH | 446TH | | 18HH | 446TH
|
|---|
| 1998 - 1999 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 1.16358
| 35.0 | 35.0
|
| 1999 - 2000 | 95.4 | 115.9 | 1.26830
| 121.0 | 147.0
|
| 2000 - 2001 | 15.9 | 17.4 | 1.38244
| 22.0 | 24.1
|
| Total | 141.4 | 163.4 |
| 178.0 | 206.1
|
|---|
7.We have derived the MOD estimates on the basis of the Government's forecast of trend labour and construction prices from 1998 to 2001. The proposed works consist of 125 small improvement projects. We will use fixed-price lump-sum contracts for most of these items which will be managed by the relevant works departments and the works teams of NT District Offices. For some items, we will use existing remeasurement term contracts of the relevant works departments.
8.We estimate the annually recurrent expenditure to be $15.78 million at December 1996 prices.
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
9.We consulted nine NT Provisional District Boards between September 1997 and November 1997. All indicated their support or had no objection to the proposed projects. Details of the consultations with the relevant Provisional District Boards are at Enclosure III.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
10.The RPIS programme involves small scale works in rural areas and in general, their implementation will improve the rural environment. As they are minor projects, there will be no adverse environmental impacts during operation. Moreover, we will design and implement the projects in accordance with the "RPIS Minor Projects Environmental Guidance Note" issued by the Director of Environmental Protection. For short-term impacts during construction, we will implement environmental pollution control measures under the relevant works contracts to mitigate noise, dust and site run-off nuisances.
LAND ACQUISITION
11.We will resume about 970 square metres of agricultural land for the proposed works. We will charge the cost of land acquisition, estimated at $64 million, to Head 701 - Land Acquisition.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
12.We included 18HH and 446TH in the Public Works Programme in October 1990 for the implementation of a rolling programme of infrastructural development and environmental improvement works in the rural New Territories as formulated in the RPIS, at that time under the co-ordination of the Director of Territory Development. The Director of Home Affairs took over responsibility for the administration and co-ordination of minor RPIS projects in October 1994.
13.We revised the scope of both 18HH and 446TH in December 1991 and January 1994 respectively to include improvement works falling within country park areas and rural areas that are within new towns. We upgrade works under these two items to Category A on an annual programme basis.
14.We plan to start the proposed works under 18HH and 446TH in June 1998 for completion in July 2000.
Home Affairs Bureau
December 1997
Enclosure I to PWSC(97-98)94
Proposed project list for the
Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy (1998-99 Programme)
18HH - Village improvements and development schemes in the New Territories
| Item | District | Project Title
|
|---|
| 1 | Islands | Construction of bund wall at Wang Hang, Tai O
|
| 2 | Islands | Improvement to slope at Shek Tsai Po Street, Tai O
|
| 3 | Islands | Construction of water supply system at Tai Long Wan, Lantau
|
| 4 | Islands | Construction of water supply system at Lai Chi Yuen and Wan Tsai, Lantau
|
| 5 | Kwai Tsing | Slope improvement works near the access road to Bradbury Siu Hong Home, Shing Mun, Kwai Chung
|
| 6 | North | Construction of Wa Mei Shan village expansion area (site formation, road, drainage and sewerage), Fanling
|
| 7 | North | Improvement works to irrigation intakes in Ta Kwu Ling area
|
| 8 | North | Construction of open channel near Tai Long Village, Sha Tau Kok
|
| 9 | North | Construction of paving and drainage at Chi Tong Tsuen, Fanling
|
| 10 | North | Construction of drainage channel outside Kun Lung Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling
|
| 11 | North | Construction of paving and drainage channel at Chow Tin, Ta Kwu Ling
|
| 12 | North | Construction of open channel at San Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok
|
| 13 | North | Improvement to water supply to Ap Chau, Sha Tau Kok
|
| 14 | North | Construction of drainage channel at Liu Pok San Tsuen, Sheung Shui
|
| 15 | Sai Kung | Construction of drainage channel at Wai Sum Village, Mang Kung Uk, Hang Hau
|
| 16 | Sai Kung | Construction of drainage channel at Hang Hau Village, Hang Hau
|
| 17 | Sai Kung | Improvement to breakwater at Yim Tin Tsai
|
| 18 | Sai Kung | Construction of drainage channel at Yu Uk Village, Mang Kung Uk, Hang Hau
|
| 19 | Sai Kung | Improvement to drainage channel at Tseng Lan Shue Upper Village, Hang Hau
|
| 20 | Sha Tin | Construction of water supply system at Fa Sam Hang
|
| 21 | Tai Po | Reclamation at Ha Wai, Tap Mun, Sai Kung North
|
| 22 | Tai Po | Reconstruction of rainshelter and sitting-out area at Sam Mun Tsai
|
| 23 | Tai Po | Improvement to footpath and stream embankment at Nam Hang
|
| 24 | Tai Po | Improvement to paving near Ma Wo pavilion
|
| 25 | Tai Po | Construction of pavilion and paving at Ko Lau Wan, Sai Kung North
|
| 26 | Tsuen Wan | Improvement to water pipeline at Tsing Lung Tau Village
|
| 27 | Tsuen Wan | Construction of channel at Pai Min Kok Village
|
| 28 | Tsuen Wan | Improvement to pipeline at Chuen Lung
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| 29 | Tsuen Wan | Construction of retaining wall at Sheung Kok Shan, Lo Wai
|
| 30 | Tsuen Wan | Reconstruction of concrete paving in front of Tin Hau Temple, Ma Wan
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| 31 | Tsuen Wan | Construction of paving and channel at Kwan Mun Hau Tsuen
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| 32 | Tsuen Wan | Improvement to water supply system at Luk Keng
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| 33 | Tsuen Wan | Construction of water supply system at Lo Wai
|
| 34 | Tsuen Wan | Construction of pier near Tai Pa Kok Burial Ground at Ma Wan
|
| 35 | Tuen Mun | Improvement to stream embankment at Kar Wo Lei, So Kwun Wat
|
| 36 | Tuen Mun | Improvement to sitting-out area at So Kwun Wat
|
| 37 | Tuen Mun | Improvement to Tai Lam Chung Road children's playground
|
| 38 | Tuen Mun | Improvement to sitting-out area at Cafeteria Old Beach
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| 39 | Tuen Mun | Construction of paving at Tsing Shan Tsuen
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| 40 | Tuen Mun | Construction of paving at Kar Wo Lei Village, So Kwun Wat
|
| 41 | Tuen Mun | Construction of open channel and access road at Siu Sau Tsuen
|
| 42 | Yuen Long | Drainage improvement at Chun Hing Sun Tsuen, Ping Shan (phase II)
|
| 43 | Yuen Long | Drainage improvement at San Sang Tsuen, Ha Tsuen
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| 44 | Yuen Long | Drainage improvement at San Uk Tsuen, Ha Tsuen
|
| 45 | Yuen Long | Drainage improvement at Tin Sam Tsuen, Ha Tsuen
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| 46 | Yuen Long | General village improvement at Fung Kat Heung, Kam Tin
|
| 47 | Yuen Long | Improvement to drainage channel, paving and footpath at Sha Po Tsuen, Kam Tin
|
| 48 | Yuen Long | Drainage improvement at Wing Ling San Tsuen, Kam Tin
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| 49 | Yuen Long | Drainage improvement at Lin Fa Tei Tsuen, Pat Heung
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| 50 | Yuen Long | Construction of drainage channel along Fan Kam Road near Sheung Che, Pat Heung
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| 51 | Yuen Long | Drainage improvement at Shan Ha Tsuen, Ping Shan (phase III)
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| 52 | Yuen Long | General village improvement at Hang Tau Tsuen and Hang Mei Tsuen, Ping Shan
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| 53 | Yuen Long | Improvement to drainage channel and access road at Ha Chuk Yuen Tsuen, San Tin
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| 54 | Yuen Long | Improvement to paving and drainage channel at Yan Sau Wai, San Tin
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| 55 | Yuen Long | Improvement to drainage channel and footpath at Fan Tin Tsuen, San Tin
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| 56 | Yuen Long | Construction of drainage channel at Yeung Uk Tsuen, Shap Pat Heung
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| 57 | Yuen Long | Construction of drainage channel at Pak Sha Tsuen, Shap Pat Heung
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| 58 | Yuen Long | Construction of drainage channel at Ng Wo (Choi Uk, Tung Tau, Tai Wai, Ying Lung Wai and Wong Uk), Shap Pat Heung (phase II)
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| 59 | Yuen Long | Construction of drainage channel at Shan Pui Tsuen, Shap Pat Heung
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| 60 | Yuen Long | Construction of drainage channel at Shung Ching San Tsuen, Shap Pat Heung
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Enclosure II to PWSC(97-98)94
Proposed project list for the
Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy (1998-99 Programme)
446TH - Improvement, reconstruction and extension of village access roads in the New Territories
| Item | District | Project Title
|
|---|
| 1 | Islands | Construction of country trail at Tung O, South Lamma
|
| 2 | Islands | Reconstruction of footpath from Nga Ying Kok to Yi O, Tai O
|
| 3 | Islands | Construction of country trail at Po Toi, South Lamma (phase IV)
|
| 4 | Islands | Construction of footpath between Tung Wan Tau and Mang Kok Tsui, Mui Wo
|
| 5 | Islands | Construction of country trail at Tung Wan Tsai, Cheung Chau
|
| 6 | Islands | Reconstruction of footpath between Shap Long and Shui Tseng Wan, South Lantau
|
| 7 | Islands | Reconstruction of footpath between Tai Long and Lung Mei, South Lantau
|
| 8 | Islands | Reconstruction of footpath between Lai Chi Yuen and Ngau Kwu Wan, South Lantau
|
| 9 | Islands | Reconstruction of footpath from San Shek Wan to Sha Lo Wan, Tai O
|
| 10 | Islands | Construction of footpath along Pak Wan, Peng Chau
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| 11 | Islands | Construction of footpath from Lo So Shing Beach to Mo Tat, South Lamma
|
| 12 | Kwai Tsing | Construction of footpath from Shek Lei (I) Estate to Castle Peak Road (adjacent to Greenknoll Court), Kwai Chung
|
| 13 | North | Construction of vehicular bridge at Cheung Lek, Sheung Shui
|
| 14 | North | Construction of access road from Ma Wat Wai to Lung Yeuk Tau village expansion area
|
| 15 | North | Improvement to footbridge and van track at Lung Hau, Ma Tso Lung, Sheung Shui
|
| 16 | North | Construction of access road at Tsung Pak Long, Sheung Shui
|
| 17 | North | Improvement to van track at Hung Kiu San Tsuen, Sheung Shui
|
| 18 | North | Improvement to van track at Tan Chuk Hang, Lo Wai, Fanling
|
| 19 | North | Improvement to van track at Wang Lang and Kwan Tei, Fanling
|
| 20 | North | Improvement to footpath between Tai Po Tin and Yuen Ha, Ta Kwu Ling
|
| 21 | North | Improvement to footpath from Ling Ying Public School to Sam Woo Public School, Ta Kwu Ling
|
| 22 | North | Construction of access road at Wo Keng Shan, Ta Kwu Ling
|
| 23 | North | Improvement to van track and stream embankment at Li Uk Tsuen, Ta Kwu Ling
|
| 24 | North | Improvement to van track at Tai Lung, Sheung Shui
|
| 25 | North | Drainage and access road improvement at Tung Fong, Kwu Tung, Sheung Shui
|
| 26 | North | Improvement to road embankments at Ying Pun, Sheung Shui
|
| 27 | North | Improvement to footpath and channel at Shan Kai Wat Ha Tsuen, Ta Kwu Ling
|
| 28 | North | Improvement to footbridge and footpath at San Uk Tsai Tsuen, Fanling
|
| 29 | North | Improvement to footpath at Cheung Uk Tsuen, Li Uk Tsuen, Nam Chung, Sha Tau Kok
|
| 30 | North | Improvement to footpath and drainage channel at Sheung Shan Kai Wat, Ta Kwu Ling
|
| 31 | North | Improvement to footpath and drainage channel at Po Sheung Tsuen, Sheung Shui
|
| 32 | North | Improvement to footpath and drainage channel at Wai Loi, Sheung Shui Heung, Sheung Shui
|
| 33 | North | Improvement to footpath at Ping Kong, Sheung Shui
|
| 34 | North | Improvement to footpath and drainage channel at Hang Tau, Sheung Shui
|
| 35 | North | Improvement to footpath at Kuk Po Lo Wai, Sha Tau Kok
|
| 36 | Sai Kung | Upgrading of Lung Ha Wan Road from Clear Water Bay Road to Tai Hang Hau
|
| 37 | Sai Kung | Improvement to Leung Fai Tin upper junction
|
| 38 | Sai Kung | Reconstruction of footpath at Pak A
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| 39 | Sai Kung | Improvement to van track at Kai Ham
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| 40 | Sai Kung | Improvement to van track at Mau Po, Hang Hau
|
| 41 | Sai Kung | Reconstruction of Shan Liu Lower Road
|
| 42 | Sai Kung | Improvement to van track at Tsui Hang
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| 43 | Sai Kung | Reconstruction of footpath from Tai Long Au leading to Ham Tin
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| 44 | Sai Kung | Construction of van track from Clear Water Bay Road leading to Wai Sum Village at Mang Kung Uk, Hang Hau
|
| 45 | Tai Po | Reconstruction of vehicular bridge at Tai Tan Village, Sai Kung North
|
| 46 | Tai Po | Upgrading of van track at Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tsuen
|
| 47 | Tai Po | Construction of country trail from Wun Yiu to Ma Wo
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| 48 | Tai Po | Construction of footpath near Kau Shi Wai, Fung Yuen
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| 49 | Tai Po | Improvement to van track leading to Kau Lung Hang
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| 50 | Tai Po | Reconstruction of van track at Nam Wah Po
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| 51 | Tai Po | Improvement to van track leading to Tai Wo
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| 52 | Tai Po | Improvement to van track at Tai Hang
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| 53 | Tsuen Wan | Reconstruction of footpath at Tsing Fai Tong
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| 54 | Tsuen Wan | Reconstruction of van track near Yuen Yuen Institute, Lo Wai
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| 55 | Tsuen Wan | Construction of van track at Sheung Kwai Chung
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| 56 | Tuen Mun | Construction of vehicular bridge at Lo Fu Hang
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| 57 | Tuen Mun | Improvement to access road at Siu Sau Sheung Tsuen
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| 58 | Tuen Mun | Improvement to access road at So Kwun Wat South
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| 59 | Tuen Mun | Improvement to van track at San Shek Wan San Tsuen
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| 60 | Tuen Mun | Construction of Tsing Shan Trail
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| 61 | Tuen Mun | Construction of access road at Siu Lang Shui
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| 62 | Tuen Mun | Construction of footpath along stream embankment at Tsing Chuen Wai
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| 63 | Yuen Long | Improvement to van track and drainage channel at Kam Hing Wai, Kam Tin
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| 64 | Yuen Long | Improvement to van track and drainage channel at Wang Toi Shan San Tsuen, Pat Heung
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| 65 | Yuen Long | Improvement to van track at Tai Sang Wai, San Tin (phase II)
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Enclosure III to PWSC(97-98)94
Public Consultation for the Implementation of
Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy 1998-99 programme
| District | Date | Mode of consultation | Remarks
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|---|
| Islands | 27 October 1997 | Provisional District Board meeting | Project items were supported.
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| Kwai Tsing | 3 November 1997 | Provisional District Board circulation of papers | No objections to projects
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| North | 4 November 1997 | Provisional District Board circulation of papers | Project items were supported.
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| Sai Kung | 23 October 1997 | Provisional District Board meeting | Project items were supported.
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| Sha Tin | 28 October1997 | Provisional District Board meeting | Project item was supported.
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| Tai Po | 12 September 1997 | Provisional District Board meeting | Project items were supported.
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| Tsuen Wan | 4 November 1997 | Provisional District Board meeting | No objections to projects
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| Tuen Mun | 4 November 1997 | Provisional District Board meeting | Project items were supported.
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| Yuen Long | 23 October 1997 | Provisional District Board meeting | Project items were supported
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