ment and the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. Sketch plans
were also made for Animal Pounds for Hong Kong and Kowloon.
2.29.
GOVERNMENT LOW COST HOUSING
Construction of fifteen 7-and 12-storey low cost housing blocks was completed during the year at the Wong Tai Sin (West), Shek Kip Mei and Valley Road Estates. This provided a total accommodation for 13,000 people in approximately 3,000 domestic units.
2.30. Expenditure on Government low cost housing amounted to $17.3 million compared with $29 million in 1963–64.
Projects in progress
2.31. Site formation, piling or construction was in progress at:
(1) Valley Road: construction of the final block was nearing completion. (2) Wong Tai Sin (East): construction of the 12-and 20-storey blocks at this section of the Wong Tai Sin Estate was in hand. When completed this estate will provide accommodation for about 14,000 people.
(3) Ngau Tau Kok: construction of the first four 12-and 20-storey blocks was in hand in Area ‘B' and five 20-storey blocks in Area 'A' of the estate. Areas 'A' and 'B' combined will be able to house 41,000 people when fully developed.
(4) Wong Chuk Hang: site formation work was in progress and the estate
is expected to accommodate some 38,000 people.
(5) Tsz Wan Shan: site formation work was in hand and the two 20-storey
blocks will provide accommodation for about 8,000 people.
(6) Yau Tong Bay: site formation work was started. When completed this
estate will provide accommodation for about 26,000 people.
(7) Kwai Chung: site formation work was in hand under the control of the Development Office. It is expected to accommodate some 23,800 people at this estate.
Drawings and plans under preparation
2.32. During the course of the year, plans were prepared for an improved type of flat, which was based on a structural grid of 14′ 6′′ and included provision of individual toilets. Construction of this new type of flat was in hand at the 'A' Area of the Ngau Tau Kok Estate, and is to be included in all the new estates. During the latter part of the year a draft programme of items was prepared for inclusion in the 10 Year Technical Planning Target established by The White Paper on Resettlement and Low Cost Housing.
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