(2) Tin Wan (Aberdeen): site formation and piling work for this new estate, which will house some 16,400 people in fifteen 8-storey blocks, was nearly completed.
(3) Kwai Chung Central (Area C): construction has started for this estate, adjacent to the existing one at Tai Wo Hau. When completed, the estate will house about 23,300 people in twenty 8-storey blocks.
(4) Tai Wo Hau Stage III: this further stage of the Tai Wo Hau Estate will provide accommodation for 27,300 people in twenty-two 8-storey blocks. Site formation work had started and, because of the dry weather, had progressed well.
(5) Yau Tong: this estate has a total of twenty-seven 8-storey blocks which will provide housing for about 28,200 people. Because of clearances and site formation complications, it was divided into three areas. Site formation work for the first two areas was almost completed, and piling tenders for the first area had been invited.
(6) Tsz Wan Shan: a revised scheme for this estate was approved and included 16-storey blocks. The new design increased the anticipated population from 100,000 people to 172,000 people, who will now be housed in forty-six 8-storey and twenty-nine 16-storey blocks. The site formation contracts for this estate were already well in hand, and piling work for the first twelve 8-storey blocks had started.
(7) Ham Tin: this new estate, in the Kwun Tong area, was also redesigned to take full advantage of the 16-storey block proposals and will now provide accommodation for about 48,000 people in twelve 16-storey blocks. Site formation work had started.
(8) Chai Wan (Stage II), Tai Wo Hau (Stage II), and Wang Tau Hom (Stage I): the last 5 of the old type 'H' blocks in these three estates, which will provide housing for some 10,700 people, were almost completed.
Drawings and plans under preparation
2.47. Apart from the normal preparation of drawings for work on the estates listed above, working drawings are also in hand for:
(1) Tung Tau (Stage II): a revised layout for this section of the estate was prepared to provide accommodation for some 23,000 people in two 8-storey 'H' type, one 8-storey (I) type, and two 16-storey blocks. Because of the difficulties in site clearance, tenders for the piling of the 'H' and 'I' type blocks only were invited. Site formation for the sites of the 16-storey blocks was, however, being carried out in sections as various parts of the sites were cleared.
(2) Sau Mau Ping: this estate, to the north of the existing Kwun Tong estate, was redesigned to utilize 16-storey blocks where the site permitted. Sketch plans were approved for accommodation for about 121,000 people in forty-five 8-storey and fifteen 16-storey buildings. Site formation of the first stage was almost completed, and tenders were about to be invited for the piled foundations for the eighteen 8-storey blocks in this phase, which will house about 21,900 people. The Development Office had already started site formation for the whole of the Second Stage, which will provide accommodation for the remaining population of the estate.
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