THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1974.
HOMES FOR 39,000 ON TSING YI ISLAND
INITIAL $91.7 MILLION BUILDING CONTRACT SIGNED
THE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND TOOK ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO REALITY TODAY WITH THE SIGNING OF THE $91.7 MILLION PHASE I CENERAL CONTRACT.
MR. DONALD P.H. LIAO, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, SIGNED THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WITH MESSRS. SHUN SHING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
THE CONTRACT IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE BUILDING CONTRACT EVER LET EITHER BY GOVERNMENT OR THE AUTHORITY.
IT WILL INVOLVE THE BUILDING OF FOUR 22 TO 24 STOREY TWIN-TOWER BLOCKS AND ONE SLAD BLOCK, PROVIDING 3,100 FLATS OF VARYING SIZES, A NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND THE SITE FORMATION OF ONE 24-CLASSROOM SCHOOL.
IT IS HOPED THAT THE FIRST TENANTS MAY HOVE IN TOUARDS THE LATTER PART OF 1977.+ A HOUSING DEPARTHENT SPOKESMAN SA ID.
SITE FORMATION ON THE SECOND PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO START LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. CUILDING BORK, UNICH UILL HCLUJE A FURTHER THREE TUIN-TOVER BLOCKS AND SIX SLAD BLOCKS WITH A TOTAL OF 3,472 FLATS AS WELL AS THE HAIN COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND A NUMBER OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, VILL THEN FOLLOW.
ON COMPLETION IN 1980, THE ESTATE WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR 39,000 PEOPLE AT A DENSITY OF 1,070 PERSONS PER ACRE.
THE FLATS WILL BE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S USUAL TYPE - SELF-CONTAINED WITH A PRIVATE BALCONY, KITCHEN, AND TOILET WITH SHOVER. THE SIZES OF THE FLATS VARY FROM THE SINGLE-ROOM TYPE OF 360 SQUARE FEET TO THE TWO-BEDROOM TYPE OF 590 SQUARE FEET, SIMILAR TO THOSE AT OI MAN ESTATE IN HO MAN TIN.
+RESIDENTS WILL BE LIVING IN A SUPERD ENVIRONMENT WITH PLENTY OF FRESH AIR AND OPEN SPACE, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +AS THE ESTATE BLOCKS ARE BUILT ON A TERRACED SLOPE, MANY HOMES WILL HAVE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE RANDLER CHANNEL, TSUEN VAN AND KHAI CHUNG
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE ISLAND THROUGH THE TSING YI BRIDGE AS THE ESTATE WAS GRADUALLY DEVELOPED, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE ESTATE WILL HAVE ITS OUN SHOPPING CENTRE. THERE WILL ALSO DE FOUR RESTAURANTS, FIVE PRIMARY AND FIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, EACH WITH 24 CLASSROOMS AND THREE KINDERGARTENS, ALL LOCATED WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
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