HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY #DBSA⭑
PRESS
RELEASE TH
新聞稿
Tuesday, 12th October 1976
OVER 3,000 APPLICANTS ON WAITING LIST
SEEK PUBLIC HOUSING MATS AT TUEN MUN
More than 3,000 families have applied through the Housing
Department's waiting list for public housing accommodation at Tai Hing
Estate in the developing new town of Tuen Mun.
The $160 million estate, which is being built in two stages
by the Public Works Department for the Housing Authority, is expected
to take in its first tenants in the latter half of next year,
Tuen Mun, which is on the south-west coast of the New Territories,
already has a population of about 50,000.
Factories and private residential blocks are currently under
construction in this area as well as a major highway linking it with
Kowloon. By 1985, the population of Tuen Mun is expected to grow to
about 460,000 with the majority living in public housing estates.
At least half a dozen sites have been earmarked for public
housing estates at Tuen Mun and Housing Department architects have begun
working on the initial layout and design. These estates are planned to
accommodate about 250,000 people.
Construction of Stage I of Tai Hing Estate is progressing
smoothly. It comprises three 30-storey cruciform blocks, a low block,
three primary schools and a portion of the commercial centre.
The domestic blocks, with about 4,500 self-contained flats, will
house about 29,000 people.
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