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FRIDAY, JULY 12. 1974

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NEW HOMES FOR 39,000 ON TSING YI ISLAND

FRESH AIR AND SUNSHINE THE ESSENCE OF COUNTRYSIDE LIVING COMBINED UITH THE NECESSARY URBAN FACILITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND, CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN THE.. NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR THE ESTATE AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT ARCHITECTS ARE NOW FINAL IS ING THE WORKING DETAILS.

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THE ESTATE WILL OCCUPY A. GROSS AREA OF 72 ACRES. VARIOUS BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT ON A TERRACED SLOPE OVERLOOKING THE RAMBLER CHANNEL WITH A PANORAMIC VIEW OF TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG. TSING YI ISLAND IS LINKED TO THE MAINLAND BY A CRIDGE.

IT IS HOPED THAT THE FIRST TENANTS MAY MOVE IN TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF 1977. ON FULL DEVELOPMENT BY LATE 1980, THE ESTATE WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR 39,000 PEOPLE AT A DENSITY OF 1,070 PERSONS PER ACRE.

CONSTRUCTION WILL BE IN TWO PHASES. THE FIRST, INVOLVING 27 ACRES OF ALREADY FORMED SERIES OF TERRACES, WILL BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1977. A TOTAL OF FOUR TUIN-TOUER BLOCKS OF 22-24 STOREYS AND ONE SLAB BLOCK HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS PHASE, PROVIDING 3,100 FLATS OF VARYING SIZES.

SITE FORMATION FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES COMMENCING LATE THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION BETWEEN 1976 AND 1977. BUILDING WORK WILL THEN FOLLOW WITH THE ESTATE FULLY DEVELOPED BY 1980.

THE PHASE II DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE A FURTHER THREE TWIN-TOVER BLOCKS AND SIX SLAB BLOCKS WITH A TOTAL OF 3,472 FLATS.

THE FLATS WILL BE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S USUAL TYPE - SELF-CONTAINED WITH A PRIVATE BALCONY, KITCHEN, AND TOILET WITH SHOWER. THE SIZES OF THE FLATS VARY FROM THE SINGLE-ROOM TYPE OF 245 SQUARE FEET TO THE TWO-BEDROOM TYPE OF 450 SQUARE FEET, SIMILAR TO THOSE OF OI MAN IN HO MAN TIN.

THE ESTATE WILL BE A VIRTUAL SELF-CONTAINED TO UNSHIP WITH ITS OUN HARKET AND SHOPS. THERE WILL BE FOUR RESTAURANTS, FIVE PRIMARY AND FIVE SECONDARY ECHCOLS, EACH WITH 24 CLASSICONS AND THREE KINDERGARTENS, ALL LOCATED WITHIN THE ESTATE OR WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE OF THE DOMESTIC BLOCKS.

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OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE 15 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY PURPOSES AND CAR PARKS AND AN ESTATE GARAGE FOR 440 VEHICLES.

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