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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1975

+IN 1974, SHEK KIP MEI WAS THE ONLY ESTATE UNDERGOING MODERNISATION, BUT THIS YEAR WORK IS GOING AHEAD AT SHEK KIP MEI AND THE FIRST PHASE OF TAI HANG TUNG ESTATES,+ MR. LIGHTBODY POINTED OUT.

+NEXT YEAR,+ HE WENT ON, THE AUTHORITY WILL LET FURTHER CONTRACTS AT TAI HANG TUNG AND WORK WILL START ON THE ACTUAL CLEARANCE OF TENANTS FROM SEVERAL OTHER ESTATES WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.+

SPEAKING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING ASSISTANCE FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPERS IN THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES. THE SECRETARY SAID THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF THE NEW ACCOMMODATION WERE TO CONCENTRATE IN A REDUCED LAND AREA, THUS RELEASING PART OF THE OLD ESTATE SITE FOR ASSIGNING TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, AT THEIR EXPENSE, OF PART OR WHOLE OF THE NEW ESTATE.

MR. LIGHTBODY SAID THIS, HOWEVER, IS CONTRARY TO THE BASIC CONCEPT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND THE NEED TO REDUCE DENSITIES OF THE OLDER ESTATES REQUIRES MORE AND NOT LESS LAND.

HOWEVER, HE ASSURED THE COUNCIL THAT THE AUTHORITY WOULD KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND LOOK FOR WAYS OF GAINING THEIR ENDS MORE QUICKLY WITH LESS DEMANDS ON THE PUBLIC PURSE.

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