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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1983
$314.6 MILLION IN TWO PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACTS SIGNED
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY SIGNED TWO CONTRACTS TOTALLING $314.6 MILLION FOR THE PROVISION OF 4 726 PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS FOR ABOUT 20 500 PEOPLE IN THREE YEARS' TIME.
OF THE CONTRACTS SIGNED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR PANG YUK-LING, ONE IS THE FIRST MECHANISED BUILDING CONTRACT AWARDED IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.
VALUED AT $282.7 MILLION, IT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO TRIDENT BLOCKS AT THE FU HS IN RENTAL ESTATE IN TAI PO AND THREE WINDMILL BLOCKS IN AN ADJOINING HOME OWNERSHIP ESTATE.
THESE BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT BY USING A MECHANISED METHOD WHICH NOT ONLY SAVES TIME BUT ALSO GIVES BETTER FINISHES.
THE CONTRACTORS WILL USE A SYSTEM OF WALL AND TABLE STEEL FORMS TOGETHER WITH THE PRECASTING OF SOME NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS.
IT IS THE SECOND MECHANISED BUILDING CONTRACT APPROVED SO FAR FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS. THE FIRST WAS AWARDED LAST DECEMBER FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF KWONG FUK ESTATE, ALSO IN TAI PO.
THE FIVE RENTAL AND HOS BLOCKS WILL HOUSE ALTOGETHER 17 000 PEOPLE IN 3 948 MODERN FLATS ON COMPLETION BY 1986.
WORKS WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL, A TWO-STOREY CARPARK, A NURSERY, A COVERED PLAY AREA AND TWO COOKED-FOOD STALL BUILDINGS.
THE OTHER CONTRACT, WORTH $31.9 MILLION, IS FOR THE BUILDING OF A MODERN BLOCK AT TUNG TAU ESTATE UNDER THE SECOND PHASE OF A REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO UPGRADE THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND RELIEVE OVERCROWDING ON THE ESTATE.
THE 26-28-STOREY TWIN-H BLOCK WILL PROVIDE 778 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR 3 500 PEOPLE ON COMPLETION BY 1985.
THIS FOLLOWS AN INITIAL PHASE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE OLDER ESTATE WHERE 3 800 PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO TWO MODERN BLOCKS COMPLETED LAST YEAR.
GOVERNMENT BACKS QUALITY ASSURANCE PROMOTION
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A CONFERENCE ON QUALITY ASSURANCE, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND SIX ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTING ACADEMIC, TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MANAGEMENT, PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL BACK-UP SERVICES FIELDS, WILL BE HELD IN HONG KONG IN OCTOBER.
/THE CONFERENCE