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Dr. ryor said these redevelopment schemes were taking place about
the same time because it was preferable to have projects under way in as many
districts as possible, since this put "on stream" new accommodation in various
districts besides demonstrating the Authority's desire to redevelop all old
estates.
Outlining the scheme at Shek Kip Mei, he said the old estate
originally housed about 62,000 people at a density of more than 2,000
per acre. The scheme is now almost half-complete.
The redevelopment would transform Shek Kip Mei into a "new" estate
for only 33,000 people living in either redeveloped or converted blocks and
served by a new commercial complex to be built in the centre of the estate
where 10 old blocks once stood.
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"The design of both the new and converted flats has been carefully
conceived to provide a range of flat sizes to match as closely as possible
the distribution of household sizes," he said.
At Tai Hang Tung, he said, a new estate complete with a modern
commercial complex was being built next to the present old estate of 14
blocks, and the first phase of this would be ready by the middle of next year.
"Again, in rehousing tenants from the old blocks, the individusl
circumstances of each family will be taken into consideration as far as
practicable," said Dr. Pryor.
At Chai Wan West, the redevelopment scheme was so successful that
within weeks of details being announced, all tenants of the two blocks
involved in the first phase applied for rehousing, most of them in new
blocks at Hing Wah II Estate.
At Tai Wo Hau, the first group of tenants requiring rehousing had
been offered new flats mainly in the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung district because
of their strong socio-economic ties with the area.
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