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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1988
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDED THE PROTECTION пр NATURAL SLOPES AND GREENERY ON THE CATCHWATER ARDAS SLOPES WITHIN AN ADJACENT COUNTRY PARK AND PRESERVATION OF THE NAM
ON FONG VILLAGE NUNNERY (THE KIK LOK TUNG RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION) WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PARK.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD BY THE CHIEF CIVIL ENGINEER, MR MARTIN CHEUNG THAT THE $300 MILLION SITE FORMATION WORK WAS THE LARGEST EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. IT COMMENCED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR AND WILL INVOLVE THE FORMATION OF SOME OF THE LARGEST CUT SLOPES IN HONG KONG.
THE ESTATE WILL INCLUDE THREE TRIDENT-3 AND TWO TRIDENT-4 BLOCKS ON UPPER PLATFORMS AND 11 LINEAR BLOCKS ON LOWER PLATFORMS, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY PROVIDE 5,474 FLATS FOR 20,800 PEOPLE.
OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A PRIMARY SCHOOL, TWO FIVE-ROOM KINDERGARTENS, COMMUNITY CENTRE, CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE. SHELTERED HOUSING AND A HOME-CUM-CARE UNIT FOR THE ELDERLY, RECREATION AREAS, A PARK AND TWO MULTI-STOREY CARPARKS.
A MODESTLY SIZED SHOPPING CENTRE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED WITH SHOPS ACCESSIBLE TO THE ESTATE VIA A LANDSCAPE COURT TO FORM A LINK BETWEEN THE TWO PLATFORM LEVELS.
A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WITH FIVE LIFTS AND FOUR ESCALATORS WILL OVERCOME THE 60-METRE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLATFORM LEVELS AND ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS.
THE FIRST OCCUPATION OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN TARGETTED FOR THE END OF 1994.
MOVING TO ANOTHER VANTAGE POINT TO VIEW THE SHAU KRI WAN WEST PUBLIC HOUSING SITE, SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THE SITE IS BEING CLEARED IN TWO PHASES WITH THE FIRST GROUP OF RESIDENTS ALREADY REHOUSED IN MAY THIS YEAR. OF THE 269 PEOPLE FROM 81 FAMILIES,. THOSE ELIGIBLE WERE GIVEN PERMANENT HOMES EITHER IN THE NEW TSUI WAN ESTATE IN CHAI WAN OR IN CASUAL VACANCIES IN EASTERN DISTRICT.
THE REMAINING 11,120 PEOPLE IN 3,400 FAMILIES WILL BE CLEARED IN THE LATER PHASE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION
IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
YRAR.
HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE DIFFICULT TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE, THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL HAS BEEN MAXIMISRD BY CREATING TWO PLATFORMS RISING IN A SERIES OF STEP).
SITE FORMATION WORKS ARE PROGRAMMED TO COMMENCE IN MARCH 1989 AND THE EXCAVATED MATERIAL WILL BE PARTLY USED FOR THE RECLAMATION от ALDRICH BAY AND PARTLY FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.
RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED TO EXPLOIT THE VIEWS OVER THE EXISTING BUILT-UP AREA AND TOWARDS THE HARBOUR, WITH THE COMMERCIAL BLOCK OCCUPYING AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE CENTRAL LOCATION. NATURAL SLOPES ARE BEING PRESERVED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
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