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WE WOULD TRY TO CREATE CONDITIONS HERE
SO
PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO STAY AND ALSO CONDITIONS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO IF THEY WANTED TO, HE SAID.
"THOSE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT OTHER ONES," THE GOVERNOR ADDED.
WOULD RETURN
WE WORK IN RATHER THAN ANY
LARGEST SQUATTER AREA TO GIVE WAY TO PUBLIC HOUSING
WAN
WEST FOOTHILLS,
THE
AREA BIGGEST SQUATTER
PEOPLE HOMES FOR 18,700 ON BUILT
THE 15 HECTARE SITE
SHAU KEI REMAINING ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WILL BECOME WHEN A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IS CLEARED FROM THE SQUATTER VILLAGES.
EIGHT A
COMPLEX,
THE NEW ESTATE, TO DE COMPLETED IN 1995, WILL COMPRISE
COMMERCIAL A 36-STOREY TRIDENT 4 BLOCKS WITH 4921 FLATS, MULTI-STOREY CARPARK, A SECONDARY SCHOOL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.
A HOUSING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID
CLEAR THE
WAS BEING MADE TO POPULATION OF 11,500 PEOPLE.
SQUATTER SIX
TODAY THAT' GOOD PROGRESS
A WITH VILLAGES
TOTAL
INVOLVED IN
1 OF PHASE
THE
PER
FAMILIES
HE SAID OF THE 1,840 CLEARANCE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THIS YEAR, ABOUT 1,400 OR NEARLY 80 CENT HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED REHOUSING OFFERS.
BY THE REHOUSING OF THE REMAINING HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE COMPLETED
ADDING THAT OFFERS TO THOSE THE END OF APRIL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, LIVING IN THE PHASE 2 AND 3 CLEARANCE AREAS WERE NOW BEING MADE.
ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC WAN ESTATE IN CHAI HOUSING WERE ALSO BEING
HE POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE FAMILIES HOUSING WERE BEING ACCOMMODATED IN THE NEW TSU1 WAN AND THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR URBAN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATED LOCALLY WITHIN CHAI WAN DISTRICT.
CLEARED BY AUGUST THIS YEAR HOUSING ESTATE IN SHAU OF SHAU KEI WAN
THE SITE WHICH WILL BE TOTALLY WILL BE USED FOR BUILDING THE SECOND PUBLIC KEI WAN, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS AT THE EASTERN PART FOOTHILLS WHERE SITE FORMATION WORK IS NOW IN PROGRESS.
OF OF
COST OF $255.6 THE FORMATION INCLUDE
CONSTRUCTION SLOPES, AND SLOPE AND BOULODER
SITE FORMATION FOR THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS AT A
THE WORK WILL MILLION WILL SOON START.
FILLING OF HOUSING PLATFORMS, CUTTING AND
DRAINAGE, RETAINING WALLS, STABILISATION.
FOR
ROADS AND
TRANSPORTATION
OF
1.6
MILLION
CUBIC
ALSO BE BUILT OF SURPLUS AREA
A SPECIALLY DESIGNED CONVEYER BELT SYSTEM WILL
METRES THE EXCAVATED MATERIALS FROM THE SITE THROUGH THE SHAU KEI WAN URBAN TO ALDRICH BAY.
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