WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1988
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$960 MILLION BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED BY HOUSING AUTHORITY
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY
AWARDED FIVE BUILDING CONTRACTS
OF PUBLIC HOUSING
WORTH MORE THAN $960 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF OLDER ESTATES,
THE CONTRACTS WERE SIGNED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FUNG TUNG, AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS.
THE LARGEST CONTRACT IS FOR 'THE CONSTRUCTION OF FUNG TAK ESTATE PHASE 2 AT DIAMOND HILL NORTH, WHICH IS WORTH OVER $333 MILLION.
UNDER THE PROJECT, TWO 35-STOREY TRIDENT-4 BLOCKS AND TWO 22-STOREY LINKED NEW SLAB BLOCKS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 2 250 FLATS WITH KINDERGARTEN, EARLY EDUCATION TRAINING CENTRE, HOME CUM CARE AND ATTENTION UNIT, AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICES.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMERCIAL AND CARPARK COMPLEX WITH LORRY AND CAR PARKING SPACES, SHOPS, MARKET STALLS, ESTATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND SQUASH COURTS.
ANOTHER CONTRACT VALUED AT $177 MILLION IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO 35-STOREY TRIDENT-3 BLOCKS AND ONE SEVEN-STOREY PRIMARY SCHOOL AT KING LAM ESTATE PHASE 2, JUNK BAY.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE 1 870 FLATS OF WHICH 816 UNITS CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME (HOS) FLATS FOR SALE.
THE THIRD CONTRACT IS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF KWAI FONG ESTATE PHASE 2 AND WORTH OVER $168 MILLION,
TWO 25-STOREY LINEAR-3 BLOCKS AND ONE 27-STOREY LINEAR-1 BLOCK WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, TOGETHER WITH A HOUSING DEPARTMENT DISTRICT MAINTENANCE OFFICE AND A THREE-STOREY CARPARK BLOCK.
PROJECTS
ALSO SIGNED TODAY WERE TWO BUILDING CONTRACTS FOR HOS AT MA ON SIIAN AND LAI KING, WORTH $160 MILLION AND $121 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
THE MA ON SHAN PROJECT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE 36-STOREY NEW HOS CRUCIFORM BLOCKS WITH 1 050 FLATS AT MA ON SHAN AREA 103 PHASE 1.
FLATS
UNDER THE $121 MILLION CONTRACT, CONSTRUCTION WILL BE CARRIED OUT FOR TWO 36-STOREY FLEXI-3 HOS BLOCKS AT LAI KING WITH 560 AND A FOUR-STOREY COMMERCIAL COMPLEX ACCOMMODATING 1 500 SQUARE OF SHOPPING AREA AND 150 PARKING SPACES.
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