MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1976
WORK ON $67 M. ESTATE TO START SHORTLY
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CONSTRUCTION WORK IS TO START IN JUNE ON THE FIRST DOMESTIC BLOCK OF ANOTHER MAJOR HOUSING COMPLEX IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING PROGRAMME.
THE NEW COMPLEX IS THE $67 MILLION SHUN LEE TSUEN (STAGE ONE) OFF CLEARWATER BAY ROAD IN KOWLOON WHICH WILL HOUSE SOME 20,000 PEOPLE IN 3,000 SELF-CONTAINED DOMESTIC FLATS BY MID-1978,
THE FIRST CONTRACT, WORTH NEARLY $15 MILLION, WAS SIGNED IN THE PWD OFFICES THIS (MONDAY) MORNING BETWEEN THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE AND THE TANG TAK SON CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
MR. JOSEPH LEI, CHIEF ARCHITECT, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MR. BENNÝ K.H. TANG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TANG TAK SON CONSTRUCTION, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY.
THE CONTRACT COVERS CONSTRUCTION OF ONE 30-STOREY CRUCIFORM BLOCK, A KINDERGARTEN, A SHOPPING ARCADE AND AN ESTATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
THE WHOLE STAGE ONE DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES TWO 30-STOREY DOMESTIC BLOCKS OF THE CRUCIFORM TYPE, A SEVEN-STOREY BLOCK A COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, A MULTI-STOREY CARPARK WITH 600 SPACES, FOUR ACRES OF OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATION, TWO 24-CLASSROOM PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND TWO KINDERGARTENS TO SERVE TENANTS AND RESIDENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
+TENDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED FOR THE OTHER WORKS UNDER THIS STAGE AND THE CONTRACTS WILL BE SIGNED SHORTLY FOR CONSTRUCTION TO START, MR. LEI SAID.
+THE WHOLE OF STAGE ONE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-1978 AND WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS PART OF
ITS 10-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME, HE ADDED.
MR. LEI SAID NEARLY FIVE ACRES OF OPEN AND RECREATIONAL SPACE WOULD BE PROVIDED IN AND AROUND THE ESTATE WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND REST GARDENS FOR RESIDENTS.
COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED TO SERVE THE STAGE I POPULATION. THESE INCLUDE 20 SHOPS AND A CENTRALLY LOCATED MARKET CONSISTING OF ABOUT 50 STALLS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND A LARGE RESTAURANT.
THE RESTAURANT, MEASURING SOME 12,000 SQUARE FEET, WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WITH THE CARPARK ON TOP OF IT.
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