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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1989
1MPROVED FACILITIES FOR SWIMMERS AT STANLEY BEACH
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WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH ON A PROJECT TO PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES FOR SWIMMERS AT STANLEY BEACH.
CONTRACT RECENTLY WILL INVOLVE THE
THE PROJECT, SUBJECT OF A $10.57 MILLION AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF TWO BUILDINGS TO SERVE SWIMMERS AT THE BEACH.
THE TWO-STOREY BUILDINGS WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN END
OF THE MAIN BEACH, ADJACENT TO STANLEY BEACH ROAD.
THE LARGER OF THE TWO BUILDINGS WILL CONTAIN CHANGING AND SHOWER FACILITIES, AN OPEN DECK LINKED TO THE EXISTING CARPARK AND A REFRESHMENT KIOSK.
THE SECOND BUILDING WILL INCLUDE A STAFF ROOM. LOOKOUT ROOM, CHANGING FACILITIES, AND STORAGE FOR RESCUE CRAFT.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN 10 MONTHS, IT WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR MANAGEMENT.
253 PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCKS TO BE REDEVELOPED IN NEXT FIVE YEARS
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A TOTAL OF 253 OLDER PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCKS WILL BE REDEVELOPED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY SAID TODAY.
THE PROGRAMME IS THE SECOND FIVE-YEAR AUTHORITY'S COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
1989/90. THEY ARE IN TSZ
PLAN UNDER THE
UNDER THE PROGRAMME, 17 BLOCKS WILL BE EVACUATED DURING
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TSZ MAN, KWAI FONG, KWAI HING, SHEK LEI, TUNG TAU. WANG TAU HOM, PAK TIN, KWAI SHING BAST, LEI CHENG UK. TAI WO HAU, LOWER WONG TAL SIN AND SAU MAU PING ESTATES.
HAVE
AS A RESULT, SOME 20 000 FAMILIES THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT IMPROVED.
LIVING IN THESE BLOCKS WILL
THE SPOKESMAN SAID PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS WHOSE BLOCKS ARE DUE FOR REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE GIVEN 18 TO 24 MONTHS' NOTICE.
"OF THE 253 BLOCKS TO BE CLEARED IN THE CURRENT REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. THE TENANTS OF SOME 70 BLOCKS HAVE BEEN FORMALLY NOTIFIED OF THE DETAILS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT,
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FIVE-YEAR ALREADY HE NOTED.
"THE HOUSING
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