HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY #»BZAT
PRESS RELEASE
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Friday, May 14, 1976
HOUSING ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND TAKING SHAPE
Huge housing blocks are rising on a 70-acre site on Tsing Yi
Island where Housing Authority's first public housing estate is gradually
taking shape.
Construction of the first phase of the housing project, comprising
four 22 to 24 storey twin-tower blocks and one slab block, is at an advanced
stage with the first blocks scheduled for completion early next year.
They will provide about 3,000 flats of varying sizes from 240
square feet to 590 square feet for about 23,000 people.
Also being built on the site is a large commercial complex with
restaurants, super-markets, department stores and adequate shopping
facilities for the islanders.
A further phase of the project, including the building of two
more twin-tower blocks, three primary schools and ancillary works is to
begin in about four months.
The Housing Authority is inviting approved contractors who have
interest in tendering for the building work to write to its Committees'
Secretary at the new Housing Authority Headquarters at 101 Princess Margaret
Road, Kowloon, before noon on Friday, May 28, 1976.
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Situated on the slope just off the western end of the Tsing Yi
Bridge overlooking the Rambler Channel, the estate, on completion in the
early 1980s, will be the homes of over 50,000 people.