in one. This comprises about 30% of the total area of the site (the traditional form of housing in Hong Kong, with its alleys and scaveng- ing lanes, has about the same communication area). These are purely estate roads with no short-cuts for through traffic, thus reducing hazards to pedestrians. For this reason no access road from the Tai Po Road will be built to the upper levels: main access to the estate from Castle Peak Road will be by Hing Wah Street, which is 120 ft. wide.
92. The road plan is based largely on the dictates of site formation, but with the exception of short stretches the roads have gradients of 1 in 15 or less, which means bicycles can be used with relative ease. It has been assumed that few tenants will own cars, but vehicular access is necessary for service vehicles, refuse lorries, ambulances, fire engines, and the like, to all parts of the estate, together with turn-round points sufficiently large to cope with the biggest vehicles likely to enter.
93. As far as the responsibility for internal estate roads is concerned, it has been decided that after formation by the Authority, the P.W.D. will surface, curb and channel the roads at the Authority's expense. Thereafter Government will assume responsibility for lighting, main- tenance, and cleanliness.
Lay-out
94. The triangular site is bounded by two roads, Po On Road to the south, and Cheung Fat Street to the east. The Po On Road frontage is taken up by an eight-storey block with 'walk-up'-no lifts to 654 flats, containing about 3,700 people, and with 38 lock-up shops located on the ground floor. The Estate Office is temporarily located in the centre of this block, adjoining the main pedestrian entrance to the estate. Along Cheung Fat Street are Blocks T and U, each 12 storeys high, with a total of 1,124 flats, served by lifts. These three blocks will contain in all 1,778 flats for 10,530 people, and have been designed by Messrs. Leigh & Orange. (see Figs. 6 and 7).
95. Mr. H. S. LUKE is the associated architect for Blocks P, Q & R, sited on an upper level behind Blocks S, T and U. They are all 12 storeys high, and contain 729 flats, to house about 5,830 persons. The three lower floors are planned as school premises, and party rooms for tenants' use are also provided in this section. (see Fig. 10).
96. Behind are located Blocks E, F, G, H and I, five 16-storey Y- shaped tower blocks, of a slightly better standard than the rest, con- taining 1,030 flats, housing 5,970 persons, the associated architect being
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