SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1974
01 MAN ESTATE FLATS IN GREAT DEMAND TWO BLOCKS NOU FULLY OCCUPIED
ALL 1,242 FLATS AT WAI HAN HOUSE AND CHUNG MAN HOUSE IN 01 MAN ESTATE ARE NOW FULLY OCCUPIED.
THESE TWO BLOCKS HOUSE ABOUT 8,300 PEOPLE ALL OF WHOM ARE FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAITING LIST. ANYONE ELIGIBLE CAN APPLY FOR INCLUSION IN THE LIST.
ANOTHER FOUR BLOCKS WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION BETWEEN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR AND JANUARY 1975. THEY WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 1,990 FLATS.
PROSPECTIVE TENANTS FOR THE FOUR BLOCKS HAVE ALL BEEN SCREENED AND LETTERS OF OFFER WILL BE HAILED TO THEM AT THE END OF THIS. MONTH.
ONE BLOCK OF SEVEN STOREYS WILL CONSIST ENTIRELY OF TWO-BEDROOM FLATS TOTALLING 76 FOR FAMILIES OF TEN OR MORE. IT IS A NEW CONCEPT IN ESTATE DESIGN BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND MANY OVERSEAS VISITORS WHO HAVE SEEN THESE FLATS HAVE BEEN FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED.
EACH FLAT HAS A NET LIVING AREA OF ABOUT 590 SQUARE FEET, EXCLUDING THE KITCHEN, BALCONY AND TOILET. THE RENT IS $550 PER KONTH, INCLUSIVE OF RATES AND SERVICE FEES.
MR. SIMON LEE, HOUSING MANAGER, NOTED THAT THE ESTATE WAS CENTRALLY LOCATED AND WELL DESIGNED AND SAID THE FLATS ARE IN GREAT DEMAND.
OI MAN ESTATE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY DEVELOPED BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 46,000 HOUSED IN 6,236 FLATS OF VARY ING SIZES IN 12 DIFFERENT BLOCKS.
THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $147 MILLION AND THE ESTATE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TENANTS WITH ALL THE AMENITIES OF A SMALL TOWN.
ANOTHER FEATURE IN THE ESTATE IS A THREE-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TENANTS AND NEARBY RESIDENTS.
THE CENTRE, IDEALLY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE BUS TERMINAL WITHIN THE ESTATE, WILL HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SHOPS, TWO BANKS, A DEPARTMENT STORE, TWO RESTAURANTS AND A CAFE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING PART OF THE MARKET FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS, ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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