4.60 Work was completed on Markets at Shau Kei Wan and Ngau Tau Kok (Jordan Valley) whilst a Hawker Bazaar at Tsuen Wan, Area 4, was also completed, and a further market, at Wong Tai Sin, was under construction.
4.61 Other projects completed during the year included Off-Street Refuse Collection Points at Canton Road, Shanghai Street, Pei Ho Street and Ning Po Street, Anti-Malarial Stores at Deep Water Bay and an Ossarium at the Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley.
Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing
4.62 Twelve domestic resettlement buildings containing 41,300 individual units were completed and a further 14 buildings containing 52,600 individual units were under construction. (An individual unit of accommodation means a unit of living space designed for one adult). In addition, five estate schools, containing 120 classrooms, were completed and construction of 3 similar schools was in hand.
4.63 The planned programme of electrical re-wiring of Mark I and Mark II blocks continued into the third year of the four-year programme, the work at Jordan Valley, Shek Kip Mei, Tai Hang Tung, Li Cheng Uk and Wong Tai Sin Estates being completed. Rewiring work was also in progress in Tung Tau, Lo Fu Ngam and Tai Wo Hau Estates under seven contracts. In addition, five 2-storey restaurants and six standard kindergartens were completed and two restaurants and seven kindergartens were in the course of construction. Modular markets at Chai Wan (Area 7), Yau Tong Bay (Area C), Sau Mau Ping (Blocks 21-25) and Castle Peak (Area 10) Estates were also completed, as an experiment, and one in the completed section of the Sau Mau Ping Estate was approaching completion.
4.64 Work was in hand on site formation on two sites which could provide accommodation for some 59,000 persons.
4.65 In the Government Low Cost Housing Programme, 20 domestic blocks containing 78,400 individual units of 35 sq. ft. were completed and a further 30 blocks containing a total of 106,000 individual units were under construction. These buildings range between 7 and 20 storeys in height.
4.66 Seven estates schools containing a total of 168 primary classrooms and four kindergartens were completed and work was in hand
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