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Monday, December 10, 1973

NEW WORKSHOP BLOCK AT SHEK KIP MEI

A uine-storey workshop block will be built at Shek Kip Mei Estate

to accommodate the light industries affected by the Shek Kip Mei Rehousing

Schene.

The workshop block will be situated to the north of existing Block

18 of the estate along Pak Tin Street Extension.

When completed in early 1975, the workshop building will provide

390 working units of about 260 square feet each. Facilities such as lifts

and delivery parking spaces will also be provided.

Piling work is already in hand and the construction of the super-

structure is expected to begin in March next year. It will take twelve

months to complete.

According to a Housing Department spokesman there are 108 workshop

trades operating in the Shek Kip Mei Estate mostly woodwork, rattan ware,

or plastic toy making.

"Of these, 15 workshops were affected in the early phase of the

rehousing operation and have been temporarily accommodated in Lower Pak

Tin Estate and block 17 of Shek Kip Mei Estate.

"The location of the workshop block next to the estate is so chosen

in order that these workshop operators will not encounter any inconvenience when

they continue their business there," the spokesman explained. "After all

the workshops have moved into the new block, they will no longer cause

inconvenience to domestic tenants."