MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1976.
LAST PHASE OF PAK TIN ESTATE TO BE COMPLETED IN 20 MONTHS
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A $33 MILLION CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX IN KOWLOON WAS SIGNED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS TODAY (MONDAY).
THE ESTATE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR MORE THAN 15,700 PEOPLE, WILL BE BUILT ON A 4.4-HECTARE SITE NEAR THE EXISTING PAK TIN ESTATE AT SHEK KIP MEI.
THE BUILDING CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, YEU SHING CONTRUCTION CO. LTD., WHICH WILL CARRY OUT THE WORKS UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
MR. THOMAS KU, ACTING CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THE COMPLEX REPRESENTED THE LAST PHASE OF PAK TIN ESTÁTE AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 20 MONTHS.
+ IT WILL CONSIST OF SIX HIGH-RISE DOMESTIC BLOCKS, TWO PRIMARY ESTATE SCHOOLS, A SHOPPING CENTRE AS WELL AS PLAY AND REST AREAS, + HE SAID.
+THERE WILL BE THREE BLOCKS OF 16 STOREYS AND THREE OF EIGHT STOREYS PROVIDING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2,400 FLATS OF AN IMPROVED DESIGN WITH BETTER FACILITIES.
+THESE WILL INCLUDE LARGER BALCONIES OF ABOUT 11 SQUARE METRES NEARLY DOUBLE THAT IN OLDER ESTATES - PROPER KITCHEN AND TOILET FACILITIES, AND A HIGHER STANDARD OF FINISHING,+ HE SAID.
COMMUNAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, HE ADDED, HAD ALSO BEEN DESIGNED TO A HIGHER STANDARD WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING ADOPTED FOR ALL HOUSING ESTATES BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
+THIS MEANS THAT TENANTS WILL NOT ONLY HAVE MORE SPACE BUT THE LIVING QUARTERS AND THE SURROUNDINGS WILL BE MADE MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE,+
MR. KU SAID THE SIX DOMESTIC BLOCKS WOULD PROVIDE FLATS OF VARIOUS SIZES RANGING FROM ABOUT 28 SQ. METRES FOR FAMILIES OF FIVE PERSONS TO 37 SQ. METRES FOR EIGHT PERSONS.
CONSIDERATION WAS ALSO BEING GIVEN, HE SAID, TO PROVIDING A NUMBER OF LARGER FLATS FOR FAMILIES WITH 10 MEMBERS.
+THIS IS A NEW DESIGN PRODUCED BY P.W.D. ARCHITECTS AND ENVISAGES FLATS OF 56 SQ. METRES WITH FOUR BEDROOMS, TWO TOILETS, LIVING AND DINING ROOM, KITCHEN, UTILITY SPACE AND AN ACTIVITY AREA THAT CAN BE USED AS A STUDY, HE SAID.
+THE DESIGN HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND MAY BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEW BLOCKS OF THE ESTATE, HE SAID.
MR. KU