HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY #JBFA⭑
PRESS RELEASE
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Sunday, 3rd October 1976
HOUSING AUTHORITY ENGAGED IN LARGEST SINGLE
REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN THE WORLD
The Housing Authority is engaged in the "world's largest single scheme"
to redevelop its oldest estates the Mark I and Mark II blocks erected between
1954 and 1964.
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These estates, of which there are 12 accommodating close to half a
million people, were mostly built to house victims of disasters, such as the Shek
Kip Mei squatter fire of 1953, or squatters cleared from land required for
development.
Space within them was originally allocated on a basis of 24 square feet
per adult, but overcrowding below this standard is common. They have communal
toilets and washrooms.
With redevelopment, which includes both converting back-to-back flats
into larger self-contained units and also demolishing blocks to make way for
building new ones, families will be able to enjoy increased living areas.
Redevelopment work is at present going on at four estates
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Shek Kip
Mei, where it began in October 1972, Tai Hang Tung, Chai Wan West and Tai Wo Hau
and will be extended to others as part of the Housing Authority's 10-year housing
programme.
15 years, about $1,800 million will be devoted to
Over the next 10
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redevelopment, including the construction of new reception estates.
At Shek Kip Mei, 19 of the original 29 blocks are being modernised; the
remaining blocks will be demolished and the sites used to construct high-rise
domestic blocks, community facilities and a commerical complex.
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