2.56. Expenditure on Government Low Cost Housing amounted to $29 million compared with $16.58 million in 1962-63.
Projects in progress
2.57. Site formation, piling or construction was in progress at:
(1) Wong Tai Sin Area 'C' (West): the construction of the last 12-storey block was proceeding.
(2) Valley Road: the construction of the last twelve blocks was in progress.
(3) Shek Kip Mei: the construction of the last three blocks was in hand.
(4) Wong Tai Sin Area 'C' (East): the construction of the 12- and 20-storey blocks at this section of the Wong Tai Sin Estate was started. When completed the estate will provide accommodation for about 14,300 people.
(5) Ngau Tau Kok Area 'B': the construction of the first four blocks (12 & 20 storeys) was in hand. When completed, these blocks will provide accommodation for about 11,000 people. Site formation for the remaining areas at this estate was in hand by the Development Office.
Drawings and plans under preparation
2.58. Drawings are being prepared for an improved type of flat. This flat has an individual toilet on the balcony and has a wider space which will permit more satisfactory sub-division of the room by the tenant. The space in the building, previously used for communal toilets, can now be used for domestic accommodation resulting in a small increase in the number of people that can be housed on any given site.
2.59. This new-type accommodation has been incorporated in new schemes for the following four sites:
(1) Ngau Tau Kok Area 'A': This site was cleared and site formation by the Development Office was started. A revised scheme using five 20-storey blocks will provide accommodation for about 24,000 people.
(2) Wong Chuk Hang (Aberdeen): This estate will provide accommodation for about 37,000 people in five 12-storey and five 20-storey blocks. Site-formation drawings were completed and action for site clearance was in hand.
(3) Tsz Wan Shan: This scheme will provide accommodation for about 9,300 people in two 20-storey blocks.
(4) Yau Tong Bay: a revised sketch plan was prepared for this estate. Owing to the height restrictions, it was only possible to design for 7- and 12-storey blocks. This scheme will provide three 7-storey and eight 12-storey blocks for some 26,600 people.
SOCIAL WELFARE BUILDINGS
2.60. The Children's Reception Centre at Chuk Yuen, which was designed by a private architect and financed from funds received as a