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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1977
$24 MILLION CONTRACT FOR FIRST
TAI HING ESTATE BLOCK SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON THE FIRST BLOCK OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THE $24 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS AWARDED TO THE DICKSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AT A CEREMONY IN P.W.D. OFFICES TODAY.
MR. JOSEPH LEI, CHIEF ARCHITECT, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MR. YIK TAK-TSING, MANAGING DIRECTOR SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY.
THE CONTRACT COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE 30-STOREY CRUCIFORM BLOCK WHICH CONTAINS ABOUT 1,300 FLATS. THE WORK WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MR. LEI SAID THAT TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OF THE TWO REMAINING BLOCKS HAD BEEN CALLED AND THE CONTRACT WOULD BE SIGNED SHORTLY FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN. TENDERS FOR THE FINAL BLOCK WILL BE INVITED NEXT MONTH.
HE SAID THAT THE WHOLE OF STAGE TWO WAS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1979 AND WOULD BE HANDED OVER
TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS PART OF ITS 10-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME.
+LIKE STAGE ONE OF THE ESTATE, THERE WILL BE OPEN AND RECREATIONAL SPACE IN AND AROUND THE ESTATE WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND REST GARDENS FOR RESIDENTS, MR. LEI SAID.
+COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS. THESE INCLUDE SHOPS AND A CENTRALLY LOCATED MARKET CONSISTING OF ABOUT 50 STALLS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND A LARGE RESTAURANT.+
HE ADDED THAT THE RESTAURANT, MEASURING ABOUT 1,500 SQUARE METRES, WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WITH PARKING FACILITIES.
MR. LEI SAID THAT, ON COMPLETION, THIS $200 MILLION HIGH QUALITY HOUSING ESTATE WOULD HOUSE A TOTAL OF 46,000 PEOPLE IN SOME 8,500 FLATS.
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