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Friday, March 29, 1974
MORE SOPHISTICATED BUILDING TECHNIQUES SOUGHT
To Speed Up 10-Year--Housing Programme
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The Housing Department is currently looking into various methods
to speed up the construction of public housing projects in the future.
A spokesman said that the task imposed by the 10-year housing
programme made it essential for the department to seek more sophisticated
building techniques to meet the target.
The Housing Department has today (Friday) placed an advertisement
in several newspapers inviting contractors who have the facilities
or intend to introduce facilities for semi-mechanised methods of building
of industrialised system to submit details for appraisal.
"A list could then be drawn up from which we could invite
tenders for suitable public housing projects in the coming year," the
spokesman said.
Meanwhile, a total of 109 stalls will be offered by ballot and
tender to eligible hawkers in the Sau Mau Ping Estate next month.
The modular market, included in Stage Three of the estate, has
just been completed and will have available a total of 74 stalls. The
balance of 35 are located in Stage One and Two of the estate.
The Housing Department today sent out letters inviting eligible
hawkers to register with the estate office on April 17 and 18.
On April 23, a number of meat, fish and poultry stalls will be
tendered out. The following day, the rest of the stalls will be made
available by ballot.
Mr. Michael C.C. Sze, City District Officer, Kwun Tong, will
officiate at the tender and ballot procedure on both days.
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