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Monday, February 26, 1973

SITE FORMATION FOR AP LEI CHAU ESTATE TO BEGIN IN APRIL

Housing For 21,600 People By 1976

Site formation work for the Ap Lei Chau Resettlement Estate is

to begin next April for completion in October 1975. However, in order

to enable residents to take up accommodation earlier, construction of the

estate will start when the site is half formed.

Situated on the north of the islet, the $49 million estate will

provide 3,084 flats for more than 21,600 boat people and residents of

licensed areas in Aberdeen.

It will comprise four 20-storey and two seven-storey blocks.

Of the latest Mark VII design, which is the approved standard

for all Government low cost housing estates, every flat in the new

estate will have its own cooking and toilet facilities,

The whole estate will have additional space for recreation

purposes and amenities.

There will be two primary schools each with 24 classrooms,

kindergarten, a clinic, and a combined welfare and community hall.

Residents will also be served by a modular market, two restaurants

and three cafes, a post office and a bank.

An integral part of the estate is a central incinerator with three

units, each capable of disposing one ton of refuse in an hour.

A flyover and a short road will be built to link the estate with

the existing main road.

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