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Friday, March 30, 1973
MORE BUILDINGS IN WESTERN TO BE PULLED DOWN
To Pave Way For Urban Renewal
The calling for tenders today for the demolition of a number of properties
in Hollywood Road and Upper Lascar Row (Cat Street) marks a minor but
significant milestone in the progress of urban renewal operations in Western
District.
The invitation of tenders was announced in the Gazette today.
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The demolition is necessary because the buildings Nos. 191-197
Hollywood Road and Nos. 36-38 Upper Lascar Row - have become dangerous. But
these are also buildings which have reverted to the Crown for purposes of
urban renewal in the District.
Scheme,
The properties lie within the bounds of the Urban Renewal Pilot
for which a comprehensive acquisition programme got under way in
January 1971. There are four phases in this scheme, and more than half the
demolitions scheduled under Phase I have now been carried out.
When the scheme is completed in about five years! time, featuring
prominently in the urban "face-lift" given to the area will be two new primary
schools for which large sites have been reserved. The area will be served by
wider reconstructed roads, and shopping promenades will be among the improved
facilities for pedestrians.
Provision has also been made for three recreational open spaces,
one of which will cover a multi-storey underground car park. A hawker bazaar
will be another feature, and four sites have been earmarked for potential
community use.
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