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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1977
BETTER FLATS FOR SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $14 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE DOMESTIC HOUSING BLOCKS AT SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE TO HENRY ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
THE CONTRACT COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE 13-STOREY BLOCKS CONSISTING OF 989 ROOMS CAPABLE OF HOUSING SOME 6,300 PEOPLE. THESE ROOMS, PROVIDED WITH LARGE BALCONIES, PROPER KITCHENS AND TOILETS, WILL CATER FOR FAMILIES OF FIVE TO TEN PERSONS.
SPEAKING AFTER THE CONTRACT-SIGNING CEREMONY THIS MORNING,
MR. JOSEPH LEI, P.W.D.'S CHIEF ARCHITECT, SAID THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SHEK KIP MEI REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
WORK WILL BEGIN IN TWO WEEKS AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS
TO COMPLETE.
MR. LEI SAID +TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE GENERAL AREA, THE DOMESTIC BLOCKS ARE PLANNED TO INCLUDE A LARGE RECREATION GROUND TO CATER FOR PASSIVE AND ACTIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.+
THIS CONTRACT, HE ADDED, WAS PART OF AN OVERALL REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR SHEK KIP ME, THE SITE OF ONE OF THE OLDEST HOUSING ESTATES IN HONG KONG.
THE SCHEME, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL HOUSE 33,000 PEOPLE, ALMOST 50 PER CENT LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL POPULATION, THUS PROVIDING MORE SPACES FOR THE TENANTS.
+THERE WILL BE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A 700-SQUARE-METRE NURSERY, 145 SHOPS, 400 HAWKER STALLS, TWO BANKS, A SUPERMARKET, A RESTAURANT AND A KINDERGARTEN, MR. LEI SAID.
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