HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY EDREA⭑
PRESS RELEASE
新聞稿
Sunday, August 10, 1975
HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BUILDING PROGRAMME
FORGES AHEAD
Homes for about 100,000 people will be built by the Housing
Authority this year.
This figure will more than double that of 1973, the year of
inception of the Authority, in which 47,250 individual units were built.
Last year's figure was 63,250.
"Eleven estates are now in various stages of construction in-
volving a total capital expenditure of about $630 million. When completed
within the next couple of years, these estates will provide homes for
220,000 people," a spokesman for the Authority said.
The estates are Tai Hing, Lei Muk Shue, Lai King, Kwai Shing II/III,
Lek Yuen, Hing Wah, Ha Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Hammer Hill, Wah Fu Extension
and Cheung Shan.
Between now and early next year, the spokesman said, tenders
will be invited for a further nine other contracts, totalling more than
$405 million. Several are building contracts related to the estates where
work is already in progress.
"With all these projects in hand and many others in the pipeline,
the Authority expects to house about 100,000 people again in 1976/77,
109,000 in 1977/78 and 128,000 in 1978/79," the spokesman said.
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