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香港政府

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1976

BETTER HOMES FOR 250,000

PWD STEAMING AHEAD WITH BUILDING PROGRAMME

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A NEW GENERATION OF HIGH-QUALITY HOUSING ESTATES, COMPLETE WITH COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS PART OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE 10-YEAR HOUSING PLAN,

THE DEPARTMENT'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE IS CURRENTLY BUILDING EIGHT OF THESE SELF-CONTAINED ESTATES FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AT A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF ABOUT $400 MILLION.

THESE ARE HING WAH, LAI KING, KWA! SHING, LEK YUEN, SHUN LEE TSUEN, CHAJ WAN AREA SIX, LEI MUK SHUE AND TAI HING ESTATES.

IN ADDITION THE PWD IS ALSO REDEVELOPING THE 20-YEAR-OLD SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE INTO A MODERN HOUSING COMPLEX WITH MORE SPACIOUS ROOMS AND BETTER FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS.

TOGETHER, THESE ESTATES WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR SOME 250,000 PEOPLE BY 1980 IN A CLEAN, PLEASANT AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH CONVENIENT SHOPPING, PLAY AND WELFARE FACILITIES.

+THE ACCENT IS ON QUALITY, SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE,+ SAYS MR. THOMAS KU, SENIOR ARCHITECT OF THE PWD'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.

+ IN THE EARLY DAYS, WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH CHOICE BUT TO CONCENTRATE ON QUANTITY BECAUSE OF THE GREAT URGENCY TO REHOUSE THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN NEED OF HOMES.

+SINCE THEN, HOWEVER, OUR ARCHITECTS HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW APPROACH WHICH NOT ONLY PROVIDES HIGHER STANDARD ACCOMMODATION BUT ALL BASIC COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES THAT ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF A BALANCED COMMUNITY.

+THESE INCLUDE LARGE RECREATIONAL AREAS WITH REST GARDENS AND PLAYGROUNDS, WELFARE CENTRES, SHOPPING AND MARKET CENTRES, CARPARKS, RESTAURANTS, AS WELL AS SCHOOLS AND CLINICS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ESTATE,+ HE SAID.

ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE NEW GENERATION ESTATES BEING BUILT BY PWD, HE ADDED, WERE THE SPECIAL COVERED WALKWAYS WHICH LINK THE DOMÉSTIC BLOCKS WITH THE SHOPPING CENTRES SO AS TO ENABLE TENANTS TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY SHOPPING ACTIVITIES WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT CARS OR RAIN.

+FOR INSTANCE, A HOUSEWIFE LIVING IN THE UPPER FLOORS WOULD SIMPLY TAKE THE LIFT DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR AND WALK A SHORT DISTANCE ALONG THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY STRAIGHT INTO THE SHOPPING CENTRE TO DO HER SHOPPING WITHOUT HAVING TO STEP OUTSIDE.+

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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