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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1974.

ANOTHER HOUSING ESTATE IN KWAI CHUNG

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SITE FORMATION IS TO START SHORTLY ON ANOTHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 12,400 PEOPLE AT THE UPPER SHING ON VALLEY IN KWAI CHUNG.

THE ESTATE, KNOWN AS CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE, WILL BE BUILT ON A 13.6-ACRE ŠITE TERRACED FROM THE HILLSIDE AND ABOUT HALF OF THE 1,500 FLATS WILL COMMAND AN UNOBSTRUCTED PANORAMIC VIEW OF KWAI CHUNG AND THE SEA.

THE SITE IS AT PRESENT COVERED BY NATURAL VEGETATION AND CONSIDERABLE WORK WILL BE REQUIRED TO FORM A SERIES OF PLATFORMS ON WHICH TO BUILD, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ARCHITECT SAID.

THE ESTATE WILL CONSIST OF TWO TWIN-TOWER BLOCKS AND ONE SLAB BLOCK, ALL SIMILAR TO THOSE AT OF MAN. THE SIZE OF THE FLATS WILL VARY FROM 356 SQUARE FEET FOR A FAMILY OF SEVEN TO 641 SQUARE FEET FOR A FAMILY OF TWELVE. THE OVERALL GROSS DENSITY OF THE ESTATE IS LESS THAN 750 PERSONS PER ACRE THE LOWEST IN ANY EXISTING ESTATE.

THE SHOPPING CENTRE, A STANDARD FEATURE OF HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES, WILL BE SITED BETWEEN THE TWIN-TOWER BLOCKS WHICH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON A PODIUM, OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY BELOW.

THE PODIUM WILL ALSO BEAR THE SLAB BLOCK AND A TWO-STOREY BUILDING WITH SHOPS AND A RESTAURANT.

UNDER THE PODIUM WILL BE SERVICE TRADE SHOPS, MARKET STALLS AND A GARAGE FOR 160 VEHICLES, ALL HOUSED IN A THREE-STOREY BUILDING.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AS WELL AS THREE BIG OPEN PLAY AREAS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE ESTATE.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FIRST TENANTS WILL MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOMES TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF 1978. THE ENTIRE ESTATE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 1979.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF A MODEL OF THE ESTATE ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

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