Social Welfare Department
4.61 Piling was in hand for the Chai Wan Community Centre by the end of the year. Completion of the project is scheduled for 1974.
Urban Services Projects
4.62 In the urban areas a latrine and bath house was completed at the junction of Apliu and Kweilin Streets in Kowloon and another latrine was finished at the Wan Chai Ferry Terminus on Hong Kong Island, with a further latrine under construction at Bedford Road.
4.63 In the New Territories a standard 33-seat latrine was completed in Sai Kung and another latrine of standard 14-seat design was finished at the San Tin Village complex in Yuen Long.
4.64 Two amenity projects were finished during the year in the New Territories. The first was Phase 1 of the Fanling Recreation Ground, comprising a football pitch, two basketball courts, a volleyball court and a roller skating rink. The second was the Tai Po town square, which was completed in January 1973.
4.65 Construction of Kennedy Town swimming pool was well advanced and Tsun Yip Street playground in Kwun Tong was nearing completion as the year closed.
4.66 Both Wong Tai Sin and Shek Tong Tsui Markets were well advanced by the end of March 1973.
4.67 A swimming pools complex was commenced at Tsuen Wan in May 1972 and is scheduled for completion by the end of 1974.
Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing
4.68 During the year under review ten domestic resettlement buildings containing 37,900 individual units were completed and a further 14 buildings containing 45,650 individual units were under construction. (An individual unit of accommodation means a unit of living space designed for one adult). In addition, two estate schools containing 48 classrooms were completed and construction of four similar schools was in hand.
4.69 The planned programme of electrical re-wiring of Mark I and Mark II blocks continued into the final year of the four-year programme. Re-wiring work was completed at Tung Tau, Lo Fu Ngam
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