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Sunday, January 21, 1973
FIRST BLOCK OF HO LAN TIN ESTATE READY FOR OCCUPATION
Nearby Of Man Estate Is Taking Shape
The latest government low-cost housing project
the Ho Man
Tin Estate is nearly completed and the first of the estate's eight
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blocks is now ready for occupation.
Housing Authority staff are finalising arrangements for
letting the first 370 flats to applicants at the end of this month.
The other seven blocks, containing another 3,700 flats,
will be ready in a few months.
On completion, the estate will be able to accommodate
about 26,300 people.
It will have marketing, shopping and communal facilities, in
addition to schools and kindergartens.
Not far from the estate another scheme which will provide
low-cost housing to more than 46,000 people is taking shape.
The first blocks of the huge Housing Authority estate - the
Oi Man Estate will be ready for occupation at the end of this year or
early next year.
Its 12 housing blocks, ranging from seven to 22 storeys high,
will provide about 6,200 much needed flats for Hong Kong's middle-income group.
Like the Ho Man Tin Estate, Oi Man Estate will have the
marketing, shopping and other facilities.
A bus terminus will be built in the estate to serve its residents.
Note to Editors: An aerial photograph showing the two estates is
available for collection from the G.I.S. press room.
Release time: 3.00 p.m.