Supply of asbestos cement goods to Tsin Yi Island Blocks 2, 3, 6 and 7, Ngau Tau Kok Industries, Ltd. resettlement estate, Kowloon. $259,581.
Site formation for resettlement housing Wah Hing & Co. at Yau Tong Bay, Area "C" (stage II), Kowloon. $1,078,298.
Widening and reconstruction of Ka Chit Wing Wai Man Road. $221,404.
Construction of salt water
Construction Co.
pump Ping Kee
house, formation work and laying of Construction Co. water mains for Beacon Hill Water
Supply. $375,393.
Construction of an extension to Sha Tai Hing Co. Tin Police Station, New Territories.
$75,803.
Prof. W.G. Gregory
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much of square footage of this and square-footage of that and too little about the social and indeed the economic needs of the people who are to be born, live and die in an Urban Renewal Area.
From a consideration of the pro- blem and a critical examination of the Working Party's Report certain points emerge stronger than others; to end therefore, let these be stated:-
a) Slum clearance must be con-
sidered in the context of an overall redevelopment plan for the urban area: this means the drawing up of a statutory plan for Hong Kong, which means in turn the drawing up of legislation for its initiation and its implementation.
Electrical installation for Sau Mau The British General Ping resettlement estate (Stage II). Electric Co., Ltd. Block 39 and annex school. $139,500.
Supply and laying of clay, ceramic and Che Cheung Hong mosaic floor and wall tiling for Yau Ma
Tei Health Centre, Kowloon. $136,830.
Electrical installation at Ngau Tau Kok The Grandeur resettlement estate, Blocks 4 and 5 and Electrical Co. two estate schools. $232,639.
Supply and laying of asphalt roofing Vai Cheong Co. to Blocks B. Ď, D1 and L at Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon. $63,694.
Supply and laying of asphalt roofing Precast Products Ltd. at Yuen Long Resettlement Estate, Block 2. $15,244.
b) Redevelopment must be plan- ned with environmental con- siderations coming first, even more essential and vital when dealing with such large num- bers of people (20,000) in a single scheme; it must take into account the need for the ever raising of standards of living. c) Redevelopment must be plan- ned comprehensively, catering for the indigenous characteris- tics of the people for whom it is intended, including the many small activities which in ac- cumulation become of great importance.
d) Considerably more study is needed of the social and economic conditions of the people most likely to be affect- ed by urban renewal schemes: -the pressures to which they respond, their motivations, their
aspiration, their preferences. e) Large scale redevelopment of existing run-down residential areas. such as envisaged in these slum clearance schemes must be carried out by a public authority equipped for creative planning and planning adminis- tration to ensure control of population densities and con- trol of use, and to ensure the proper management and main- tenance of property. since no matter how well planned new developments may be in the environmental sense, they can- not be expected to remain so unaided.
At least we have a start. It now rests with the authorities and people of Hong Kong to see that Urban Renewal is embarked upon in a way that will bring lasting benefit in the future.
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