in November 1972 and this new factory estate is expected to provide 840 units of 256 square feet each. One factory block of ten or more storeys high and served by cargo lifts is being planned at Choi Hung providing about 1,218 rentable units.
72. At present, 102 different types of manufacture are undertaken in all the resettlement factory estates. Once established, these factories are inspected regularly by officers of the Labour and Fire Services Departments and this department, to ensure that the relevant labour legislation and safety requirements are complied with. Factory estate staff are specially concerned with the enforcement of factory tenancy conditions and the sanitation and environmental hygiene of the estates.
CHAPTER 8
WORKS AND MAINTENANCE
73. The department is responsible for the maintenance (both building and electrical) of all resettlement housing and factory estates, cottage areas and licensed areas. It also carries out all minor works. Some of the more important work undertaken during the year in- cluded environmental improvements in estates, rehabilitation of toilets, design and construction of refuse collection centres and development of new licensed areas. A start was made on landscaping in the open areas of the estates. During the year, some $12.5 million of work, other than routine maintenance, was executed.
74. Nine new residential blocks, two estate school buildings, one restaurant building and ten modular market structures were taken over from the Public Works Department during the year, making a total of 515 housing blocks, 22 factory blocks, 56 estate school buildings and 30 restaurant buildings maintained by the Resettlement Department. Estate buildings and cottage areas suffer from considerable wear and tear because of the high population density; 1,337 major jobs, 572 minor jobs and 136,464 day-to-day repairs in estates and areas were carried out during the year. Expenditure and commitments on the maintenance of estates, factories and areas amounted to over $13 million. In addition repairs necessitated by rainstorm damage amounted to nearly $3 million and a repainting programme was carried out at a cost of a further $3 million.
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