TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1985
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NEW PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT FOR TAI PO
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ANOTHER LARGE PUBLIC ESTATE IS TO RISE IN THE BURGEONING TAI PO NEW TOWN PROVIDING MODERN HOMES FOR 40 000 PEOPLE ON COMPLETION BY 1989.
PILING WORKS WILL SOON BEGIN FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE
NEW PROJECT, TAI WO ESTATE.
+ THE PILING WORKS WILL COVER THREE 35-STOREY TRIDENT BLOCKS, A 20-STOREY SLAB BLOCK, A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND A COMMERCIAL CENTRE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.
HE SAID THESE FOUR RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WOULD ACCOMMODATE SOME 13 300 PEOPLE IN 2 942 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS WHEN THEY WERE READY BY 1988.
+TAI WO ESTATE WILL BE THE FOURTH PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT IN THE NEW TOWN AND WILL BE DEVELOPED IN FOUR PHASES ON A SITE COVERING 15.7 HECTARES TO THE NORTH OF TAI PO OLD MARKET.
+AT PRESENT, CONSTRUCTION WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY ON THE THIRD RENTAL ESTATE IN TAI PO, FU SHIN ESTATE, WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE 25 000 PEOPLE ON COMPLETION NEXT YEAR.+
THE FIRST TWO RENTAL ESTATES IN THE NEW TOWN, TAI YUEN AND KWONG FUK, ARE NOW HOUSING 50 000 PEOPLE.
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NEW NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL FOR TUEN MUN
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THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AWARDED A $94 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NURSING SCHOOL AND STAFF QUARTERS IN TUEN MUN.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE CHIEF ARCHITECT, MR A.M. WAHAB, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF HUNG WAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.
THE PROJECT, WHICH IS PART OF THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL, INCLUDES A 17-STOREY BUILDING WITH A NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL, A STUDENTS' QUARTERS AND A TUNNEL LINK TO THE HOSPITAL.
TWO OTHER BUILDINGS - A 17-STOREY BLOCK WITH COMMUNAL FACILITIES AND QUARTERS FOR NURSING STAFF. AND A FOUR-STOREY BLOCK WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR MINOR STAFF WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.
THE TRAINING SCHOOL AND STAFF QUARTERS WILL BE BUILT ON A
SITE ADJACENT TO THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL.
WORK WILL START IN EARLY NEXT MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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