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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1977
HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL BUILD MORE FLATTED FACTORIES
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE BUILDING FLATTED FACTORY BLOCKS TO RELOCATE SMALL WORKSHOPS DISPLACED BY GOVERNMENT CLEARANCES, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON. DONALD LIAO SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY,
THE SECRETARY SAID SITES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS HAD BEEN EARMARKED AND A BUILDING PROGRAMME DRAWN UP. THE FIRST NEW FACTORY BLOCK AT KOWLOON BAY, TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1979, WOULD HAVE AN IMPROVED DESIGN PREPARED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT
INCORPORATING LIFTS, HIGHER LOADINGS AND AMPLE PARKING FACILITIES.
MR. LIAO POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW BLOCK WOULD CONTAIN ABOUT 600 UNITS OF 25 SQUARE METRES EACH AND HAVE A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF OVER 26,000 SQUARE METRES INCLUDING CIRCULATION AREAS, IN HIS REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. S.L. CHEN WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS BEING DONE TO OVERCOME THE EXTREME SHORTAGE OF ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE OPERATORS WHO OPTED FOR FLATTED FACTORY SPACE RATHER THAN FOR AN EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE.
HE SAID THE AUTHORITY'S CURRENT STOCK OF FACTORY SPACE STOOD AT 500 UNITS OR A TOTAL OF 11,900 SQUARE METRES (128,000 SQ. FT.).
+EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO USE THIS STOCK ECONOMICALLY AND TO POSTPONE CLEARANCE WHICH WOULD NOT UPSET DEVELOPMENT PLANS, UNTIL THE FIRST OF THE NEW KOWLOON BAY FACTORY BLOCKS IS COMPLETED.
+NEVERTHELESS, IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME OPERATORS MAY HAVE TO ACCEPT CASH COMPENSATION IN 1978, + HE SAID.
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