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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1974
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NEW HOMES FOR 12,000 ON THE WAY
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TO BUILD ANOTHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN THE KWAI CHUNG AREA TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR OVER 12,000 PEOPLE.
IT WILL BE KNOWN AS CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE AND WILL HAVE PLENTY OF OPEN GROUND AND GREENERY
A HOUSING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE BLOCKS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT 01 MAN ESTATE, AND WOULD PROVIDE 1,600 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS, WITH BALCONIES, VARYING IN SIZE FROM 356 SQUARE FEET TO 641 SQUARE FEET.
THE NEW ESTATE, WHICH IS PART OF THE AUTHORITY'S 10-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME, WILL CONSIST OF TWO TWIN-TOUER BLOCKS AND ONE SLAB BLOCK WITH A SHOPPING CENTRE, SCHOOL PREMISES AND OTHER ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION.
IT WILL OCCUPY A 13.6-ACRE SITE IN THE UPPER SHING ON VALLEY, WEST OF LEI NUK SHUE ESTATE.
SITE FORMATION WORK, INVOLVING CUTTING BACK AND FILLING OF LOW-LY ING LAND TO FORM A SERIES OF PLATFORMS TO BUILD UPON, ¡S EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS NOVEMBER.
CONTRACTORS INTERESTED IN TENDERING FOR THE WORK ARE INVITED TO NOTIFY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THEIR INTEREST.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ESTATE WOULD BE A SCENIC ONE WITH A LOT OF OPEN SPACE AND GREENERY. THE THREE-STOREY SHOPPING CENTRE WHICH WILL BE BUILT ON A PODIUM BETWEEN THE TUO TWIN-TOWER BLOCKS WILL COMMAND A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE VALLEY BELOW, HE ADDED.
APART FROM THE SHOPPING CENTRE, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE A RESTAURANT, THE ESTATE WILL HAVE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. A SECOND THREE-STOREY BUILDING SITED UNDER THE PODIUM WILL HOUSE A MARKET, WORKSHOPS AND A GARAGE WITH 230 PARKING SPACES.
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARLY 1976 AND THE FIRST TENANTS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE IN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1978.
HONG KONG AND AUSTRIA IN TEXTILE TALKS
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MR. LAWRENCE MILLS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (COMMERCIAL RELATIONS), WILL LEAVE TOMORROW (SATURDAY MORNING FOR VIENNA FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT REGARDING EXPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE ARTICLES FROM HONG KONG TO AUSTRIA.
HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MISS SUSAN PONS, ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER.
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