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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1977
HOUSING ESTATE FOR HIGH ISLAND FISHERMEN
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A HOUSING ESTATE IS TO BE BUILT AT TU! MIN HOI, SAJ KUNG FOR THE FISHERMEN AFFECTED BY THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. JOSEPH LEI, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK WOULD START IN DECEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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THE PROJECT, HE SAID, WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIX FOUR-STOREY BLOCKS PROVIDING 192 UNITS FOR ABOUT 1,700 PEOPLE.
+EACH UNIT WILL COMPRISE COMBINED LIVING AND BEDROOM AREA, KITCHEN, TOILET AND SHOWER AND COVERED BALCONY, HE SAID.
+THE BLOCKS ARE SO DESIGNED THAT DOUBLE UNITS ON EACH FLOOR WILL SHARE ONE ENTRANCE STAIRCASE.+
THE ESTATE WOULD HOUSE A COMMUNITY HALL AND A POLICE REPORTING POST, MR. LEI ADDED.
OTHER FACILITIES WOULD INCLUDE A REFUSE COLLECTION AREA AND CAR PARKING SPACES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MPS TO TOUR SHA TIN ****
TWO VISITING LABOUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL GO ON A HALF DAY'S TOUR OF SHA TIN TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE NEW TOWN.
THE MPS, MR. KENNETH WEETCH AND MR. IAN WRIGGLESWORTH, WILL ALSO TOUR THE LEK YUEN ESTATE AND VISIT THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES THERE.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE MPS' VISIT. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN AM 2088 WILL LEAVE FROM BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE TOMORROW AT 10.35 A.M. TO TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO AND LATER BACK FROM SHA TIN,
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