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"The new generation of estates now being planned will incorporate
lessons learned over many years and will be much more self-contained as
regards marketing, shopping and other facilities than earlier ones,
Mr. Lightbody said.
The Chairman reported that the study of new building methods,
and adaptation of block design to facilitate their use, had gone ahead
with the Authority's consultants working closely with the Construction
Branch of the Housing Department,
"There is very considerable scope for speeding up building times
within the traditional in-situ construction methods," Mr. Lightbody said.
Contractors engaged on building several of the Authority's estates
have chosen to use modern shuttering and other techniques to achieve
faster completion times and better finish.
Mr. Lightbody said that these rationalised traditional methods
do not require very heavy capital investment and he has no doubt that
their use would become much more widespread in the next few years.
Touching on the Housing Programme Plan, the Chairman said that
the in-depth study by the Housing Programme Planning Team into Hong Kong's
overall housing requirements for the long term would provide many new
insights into housing policy and practice.