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Friday, July 21, 1972

RESETTLEMENT ESTATE FOR AP LEI CHAU

The Government is to spend $49 million on a new resettlement

estate on Ap Lei Chau, near Aberdeen.

The estate will house some 21,600 people in the latest Mark VII

type accommodation. It is due for completion in 1976.

The project will comprise four 20-storey and two seven-storey

blocks with individual cooking facilities and toilets.

The Mark VII design, which has been adopted for all future

resettlement estates, has additional space for recreational purposes

and amenities.

There will be two primary schools, one kindergarten, a clinic

and a combined welfare and community hall. Tenants in the estate will

also be served by a modular market, two restaurants and cafes, a post office

and a bank.

More than three acres will be reserved for local recreational areas.

The Ap Lei Chau estate has been upgraded to category A of the

public works programme and work is expected to start some time next year.

Plans for linking Ap Lei Chau and Aberdeen by a bridge are also under

consideration.

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