WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1977.
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WORK ON FINAL STAGE OF
TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN BEGINS
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THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO HOUSE 340,000 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN TUEN MUN BY MID-1980'S HAS TAKEN ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK ON THE SECOND AND FINAL STAGE OF THE $230 MILLION TAI HING ESTATE.
SPEAKING AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST TODAY, MR. NICKY CHAN, THE P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN), SAID THE ESTATE, CAPABLE OF HOUSING 47,000 PEOPLE, WOULD CONSIST OF SCHOOLS, A WELFARE HALL, A LIBRARY, MARKETS, SHOPS, BANKS AND RESTAURANTS. THE ESTATE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT TWO YEARS.
MR. CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE TAI HING ESTATE WOULD BE THE LAST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TO BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED IN TUEN MUN BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AFTER THAT, CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER ESTATES IN TUEN MUN WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
+MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE TAI HING ESTATE, COMPRISING THREE 30-STOREY CRUXIFORM BLOCKS, IS ALMOST COMPLETED,+ MR. CHAN SAID.
+ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THE TENANTS HAVE MOVED INTO THE FIRST BLOCK WHILE THOSE OF THE OTHER TWO BLOCKS HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO MOVE IN. +
HE SAID THAT THE TAI HING ESTATE WAS ONLY ONE OF A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES TO BE BUILT IN TUEN MUN.
THE FIRST ONE, THE SAN FAT ESTATE ALSO DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF P.W.D. AND CAPABLE OF HOUSING 11,000 PEOPLE, HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND VIRTUALLY FULLY OCCUPIED.
ANOTHER ONE, PROVIDING HOMES FOR 86,000 PEOPLE, WOULD BE SITUATED ON RECLAIMED LAND IN THE MIDDLE OF CASTLE PEAK BAY.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT PILING WORK FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS MASSIVE HOUSING ESTATE HAD BEGUN AND THE WHOLE ESTATE WAS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN EARLY 1981.
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+ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF CASTLE PEAK BAY. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS BUILDING ANOTHER HOUSING ESTATE,+ HE ADDED.
+KNOWN AS SAM SING ESTATE, IT CAN HOUSE 9,000 PEOPLE.+
ELSEWHERE IN TUEN MUN BUILDING AND ENGINEERING WORKS ARE PROGRESSING ON A WIDE FRONT, MR. CHAN SAID.
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