2.41. Four flatted factories of a new type providing about 307,000 sq. ft. of working space, and a special flatted factory providing about 76,800 sq. ft. of working space for silk weaving looms were completed during the year.
2.42. Expenditure on resettlement buildings amounted to $48.35 million, compared with $41.3 in 1961-62, and $42.4 million in 1960-61.
2.43. During the course of the year an examination was put in hand of ways in which greater use could be made of the land allocated for Resettlement Estates. Sites suitable for high density development with the old 8-storey 'H' type block or the newer 8-storey central corridor type were no longer available. The hilly sites which were being allocated would have required very extensive site formation and piling to accommodate 8-storey blocks providing for a lower density of population than the earlier estates. By building 16-storey blocks, developed from the central corridor type of 8-storey block, not only was the cost of site formation and piling reduced but the population could be increased by as much as 70%, compared with an estate of 8-storey blocks.
2.44. Revised plans for several estates incorporating 16-storey and 8-storey blocks were approved during the year.
2.45. The following resettlement domestic buildings were completed:
(1) Chai Wan (Stage II): one domestic block.
(2) Tai Wo Hau (Stage I): one domestic block; four domestic blocks
(3) Tai Wo Hau (Stage II):
(4) Wong Tai Sin (Area D): two domestic blocks
(5) Tung Tau (Stage III): six domestic blocks
(6) Lo Fu Ngam (Stage III): four domestic blocks
(7) Wang Tau Hom (Stage I): ten domestic blocks
(8) Shek Kip Mei: one domestic block
(9) Wang Tau Hom (Stage II): four domestic blocks
Projects in progress
2.46. Site formation, piling or construction was in progress for buildings at the following resettlement estates:
(1) Chai Wan (Stage III): this stage of the Chai Wan Estate will provide accommodation for about 28,400 people in twelve 8-storey and three 16-storey buildings. Most of the site for the 8-storey buildings was formed by reclamation and piling work had started. The site of the 16-storey buildings was being cut out of the old foreshore and the contract for this work was well advanced.
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