SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1982
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BIG LAM TIN HOUSING PROJECT
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A $518.2-MILLION PROJECT TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING TO RELIEVE OVERCROWDING IN LAM TIN WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD'S TENTH MEETING AT 2.30 PM ON MONDAY (JUNE 14).
CALLED THE LAM TIN HOUSING ESTATE EXTENSION PROGRAMME+ THE BIG DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES AT A SITE NEAR THE LAM TIN HOUSING ESTATE.
WORK ON PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL START LATER THIS YEAR AFTER FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN OBTAINED AND WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIX 30-STOREY PLUS RENTAL HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BLOCKS.
UPON COMPLETION, THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 2 400 SELF-CONTAINED RENTAL AND ABOUT 1 680 HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS FOR A PLANNED POPULATION OF OVER 21 000 PEOPLE.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE ANCILLARY FACILITIES, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, MARKETS, CAR PARKS, BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COURTS, WHICH WILL BE BUILT WITH THE HOUSING PROJECT,
THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.
PLANS ARE ALREADY IN HAND TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE YUET WAH STREET BUS TERMINUS, WHEN COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS INVOLVES THE DIVERSION OF SIX BUS ROUTES AND THE RE-ORGANISATION OF MOST OF THE IR CORRESPONDING TERMINAL POINTS FROM YUE MAN SQUARE AND YAN OI WAI TO YUET WAH STREET TO EASE THE PRESENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN YUE MAN SQUARE.
THE BOARD WILL ALSO DISCUSS A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER MATTERS, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED MONTH-LONG ANTI-NARCOTICS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN IN THE DENSELY-POPULATED KWUN TONG AREA.