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Monday, December 10, 1973
NEW WORKSHOP BLOCK AT SHEK KIP MEI
A uine-storey workshop block will be built at Shek Kip Mei Estate
to accommodate the light industries affected by the Shek Kip Mei Rehousing
Schene.
The workshop block will be situated to the north of existing Block
18 of the estate along Pak Tin Street Extension.
When completed in early 1975, the workshop building will provide
390 working units of about 260 square feet each. Facilities such as lifts
and delivery parking spaces will also be provided.
Piling work is already in hand and the construction of the super-
structure is expected to begin in March next year. It will take twelve
months to complete.
According to a Housing Department spokesman there are 108 workshop
trades operating in the Shek Kip Mei Estate mostly woodwork, rattan ware,
or plastic toy making.
"Of these, 15 workshops were affected in the early phase of the
rehousing operation and have been temporarily accommodated in Lower Pak
Tin Estate and block 17 of Shek Kip Mei Estate.
"The location of the workshop block next to the estate is so chosen
in order that these workshop operators will not encounter any inconvenience when
they continue their business there," the spokesman explained. "After all
the workshops have moved into the new block, they will no longer cause
inconvenience to domestic tenants."