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overlooking the harbour near Green Island, at Cadogan Street, Kennedy Town, was completed in July. The site, covering 32 acres, is on a steep hillside and entailed fairly extensive cutting; the cost of formation was almost entirely met by a grant from Colonial Development and Welfare funds. The general contract for construction of the buildings, which are planned on cross-contour development, was also let in July, and by the end of the year good progress had been made. On this site, the highest point of which is 285 feet above street level, 636 flats will be constructed, in five blocks, averaging ten storeys in height, and designed to accommodate nearly 4,200 persons. There will also be a three-storey community centre, and a number of warehouses; provision has been made for playgrounds and open spaces within the development. The flats on this estate are generally of a simpler type than at North Point, but are likewise self- contained and provided with shower, balcony, kitchen and lavatory. The type of plan adopted is the gallery approach system, with blocks only one-flat deep; this ensures that all flats are airy and well-ventilated. An interesting feature of the arrangements is that with very little structural altera- tion two adjoining single-room flats can be converted into a flat with a living-room and two bedrooms, should this prove practicable at some future date. Lifts and refuse chutes will be installed. Rents are likely to vary from about $82 to about $127 a month, exclusive of rates and water charges. The total cost of this scheme, which is designed by Mr. T. S. C. Feltham, A.R.I.B.A., is estimated at $7,500,000, and the various blocks are scheduled for completion between July and November 1958.
The Authority's third project, its most ambitious so far, is at So Uk, Kowloon. This is probably the largest domestic housing development ever carried out as
as an integrated scheme in the Far East. Site formation commenced in February 1957 and should be completed in about May 1958; the major part of the cost will be met from Colonial