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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1977
GOVERNOR VISITS SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE FAMILY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS AFTERNOON PAID
A VISIT TO A FAMILY LIVING IN A CONVERTED FLAT AT BLOCK 16 OF THE RE-DEVELOPED LOWER SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE DURING A TOUR OF SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT.
THE OCCUPANTS OF THE FLAT, MR. LAM AND HIS MOTHER, FORMERLY LIVED IN AN OLD MARK I UNIT NEARBY WHICH IS BEING RE-DEVELOPED. THEIR PRESENT 120 SQ. FT. FLAT, AT A MONTHLY INCLUSIVE RENT OF $75,
IS SELF-CONTAINED WITH PRIVATE KITCHEN AND TOILET FACILITIES.
DURING HIS VISIT SIR MURRAY ENQUIRED ABOUT THE WORK AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF MR. LAM, AND THE TIME HE TAKES TO GET TO HIS CARTON FACTORY ON TSING YI ISLAND.
EARLIER WHILE ON HIS WAY TO THE FLAT, SIR MURRAY MET SOME OF THE SHOP KEEPERS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BLOCK AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES.
HE ALSO HAD AN ON-THE-SPOT BRIEFING BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (WEST), MR. D. 1. MCINTOSH, ON THE SHEK KIP MEI CONVERSION AND REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME, WHILE THEY STOOD IN THE CORRIDOR OF THE FLAT LOOKING ACROSS TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS.
WHEN THE FINAL PHASES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME ARE COMPLETED, THERE WILL BE SIX NEW DOMESTIC BLOCKS FOR 12,000 PEOPLE, A LARGE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, PARKING FOR MORE THAN 500 CARS, A WELFARE HALL, A PRIMARY SCHOOL, A KINDERGARTEN, AND RECREATION AREAS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A NINE STOREY WORKSHOP WITH 390 UNITS FOR THE OPERATION OF SUITABLE TRADES, AND A CITY DISTRICT SUB-OFFICE IN ONE OF THE NEW BLOCKS.
BEFORE VISITING THE ESTATE, THE GOVERNOR WENT UP TO THE ROOFTOP OF CHEONG YUEN BUILDING IN YEN CHOW STREET, IN THE COMPANY OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. GUS CHUI, TO SURVEY THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE OR BEING PLANNED IN THE DISTRICT, AND TO NOTE THEIR PROGRESS AND ANY DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED.
SIR MURRAY WAS BRIEFED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CANICE MAK, ON THE RECLAMATIONS ALONG THE SEA FRONT, BETWEEN PEI HO STREET AND KIU KIANG STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO, AND BETWEEN FAT TSEUNG STREET AND HING WAH STREET, IN CHEUNG SHA WAN,
BOTH PROJECTS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO STAGES. STAGE ONE OF THE RECLAMATION AT SHAM SHUI PO IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR AND WILL PROVIDE SITES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, A FERRY PIER AND CONCOURSE, A CIVIC CENTRE, A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND A COMMUNITY CENTRE. THE FERRY PIER AND CONCOURSE ARE ALREADY TAKING SHAPE ON THE RECLAMATION.
AT CHEUNG SHA WAN, SEA BED FOUNDATION WILL BE COMPLETED BY THIS MONTH AND THE NEW LAND TO BE FORMED FOR STAGE I HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR A WHOLESALE MARKET, REFUSE COLLECTION POINT, LORRY PARKING SPACES, COOKED FOOD STALLS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND A HOUSING ESTATE WITH RECREATIONAL AREAS ON ITS PODIUM.
/A PROPOSED