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Friday, July 27, 1973
MORE PEOPLE TO BE HOUSED AT KWAI SHING
Homes for another 24,000 people are to be provided in the next
phase of the Kwai Shing Estate in the New Territories
--
one of the largest
to be built by the Public Works Department.
Work on the second stage of the estate will start in September
this year and should be completed by mid-1976.
This stage will cost an estimated $44 million and involves the
construction of another five multi-storey domestic blocks, ranging from
seven to 22 storeys in height, and two primary estate schools.
It will comprise some 5,300 self-contained units, each with
individual kitchen and toilet facilities.
The second stage has been designed to form the commercial centre
of the estate with most of the department stores, restaurants, cafes,
modular markets, and a post office concentrated in one block.
Access to and from the shopping centre will be facilitated by
a number of covered walkways and high-capacity lifts which will also link
domestic blocks on different levels.
Accommodation will also be provided for welfare agencies and group
activities, open and covered parking spaces, sitting out areas and recreation
grounds, and bus terminal facilities.
Included in the scheme are two primary estate schools. These will be
in addition to the four schools already provided in Stage I and another
planned in Stage III.
The first