An enquiry office will also be opened in the estate office for
the benefit of tenants.
"Needy families will be given every assistance throught the
Genuine hardship co-ordinated efforts of various Government departments.
cases will be offered removal and decoration allowance," Dr. Pryor gave
an assurance.
Chai Wan (West) Estate, built between 1959 and 1963, has four
Mark I blocks and eight Mark II blocks.
The Authority's aim in redeveloping this and similar old
estates is to improve the environment of tenants who are presently living
in congested conditions and sharing communal facilities.
has already been made at Shek Kip Mei and Tai Hang Tung.
A head start
The first phase of the Chai Wan (West) Scheme will comprise
a 28-storey building, scheduled for completion in the latter part of 1978. It will contain about 670 flats of various sizes. The flats will
all be self-contained, each with its own balcony, toilet with shower
and kitchen.
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The initial phase of the Chai Wan (West) Estate redevelopment
homes for about programme will involve a massive decantation programme 850 families have to be provided so that the two blocks could be vacated
for demolition.
Mr. Pang Yuk-ling, Chief architect of the Housing Department,
envisages that the estate on full redevelopment the population would be
reduced from the existing 27,000 to 20,000 giving a density of about
1,000 per acre. The estimated capital cost of the project is in the
order of $72 million. Development works will be in several phases.
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