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香港政府
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
KONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1974
REDEVELOPMENT OF TAI HANG TUNG ESTATE
A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO REDEVELOP TAI HANG TUNG ESTATE IS TO COMMENCE LATER THIS YEAR.
HOUSING DEPARTMENT ARCHITECTS HAVE NOW FINALISED PLANS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO RELIEVE OVER-CROUDING AND TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF ESTATE TENANTS.
THE PLAN HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT BY THE BUILDING
IT WILL INVOLVE THE DEMOLITION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. OF THE EXISTING 14 MARK 1 BLOCKS IN STAGES, WHICH NOW HOUSE SOME 35,000 PEOPLE.
IN ITS PLACE WILL BE BUILT 12-STOREY BLOCKS OF SELF-CONTAINED FLATS VARYING IN SIZE FROM 245 SQUARE FEET TO 285 SQUARE FEET OF NET LIVING SPACE, ASIDE FROM A PRIVATE BALCONY, A KITCHEN AND A TOILET WITH SHOWER, SIMILAR TO THOSE AT WAH FU AND 01 MAN ESTATES.
THE EVENTUAL POPULATION WILL STILL BE 35,000 BUT BECAUSE OF LARGER SITE AREA THE POPULATION DENSITY WILL BE CONSIDERABLY DECREASED FROM 2,700 PEOPLE PER ACRE TO 1,700 PER ACRE.
THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE BUILDING OF THREE BLOCKS ON THE FORMER TAI HANG SAI COTTAGE AREA, WHICH WAS CLEARED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND LATER TUO MORE BLOCKS ON AN ADJACENT SITE.
THESE FIVE BLOCKS CONTAINING OVER 1,700 FLATS ARE SCHEDULED FOR OCCUPATION BY 1977 AND 1978. AS TENANTS KOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOMES, THE VACATED HARK 1 BLOCKS WILL THEN BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT.
ON THE EXISTING TAI HANG TUNG ESTATE SITE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED 11 OF THESE 12-STOREY BLOCKS, PROVIDING OVER 3,200 FLATS.
TO SERVE TENANTS AND RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY, THERE WILL BE 260 SHOPS, 300 MARKET STALLS, A RESTAURANT, A DEPARTMENT STORE, A SUPER MARKET, A SECONDARY SCHOOL AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL, CAR PARKS AND TUO ESTATE GARAGES FOR 700 VEHICLES WITHIN THE ESTATE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE AMPLE OPEN SPACE, TOTALLING SIX ACRES, FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF TENANTS.
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