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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1976

OF THE OTHER SIX ESTATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT, MR. LE! SAID TWO WERE AT TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, TWO AT LAI KING ESTATE IN KWA | CHUNG, AND TWO AT LEK YUEN ESTATE IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

HE SAID THESE SCHOOLS WOULD BE OF A SIMILAR DESIGN AS THE TWO BEING BUILT AT KWAI SHING ESTATE, EXCEPT THAT THEY WOULD BE OF THE INTERLOCK TYPE WHICH FEATURES ASSEMBLY HALLS SHARING THE SAME STRUCTURE FOR THE TWO SCHOOLS.

MR. LEI SAID THAT WORK ON THE LAI KING ESTATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

WORK ON THOSE AT LEK YUEN AND TAI HING WOULD START IN MARCH AND APRIL NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1978.

LAI KING AND LEK YUEN ESTATES, WHICH HOUSE SOME 43,000 PEOPLE, WERE COMPLETED BY THE P.W.D. EARLIER THIS YEAR.

WORK ON TAI HING ESTATE AT TUEN MUN IS NOW WELL ADVANCED AND WILL ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 47,000 PEOPLE WHEN COMPLETED.

TAI HING ESTATE CONSISTS OF FIVE 30-STOREY DOMESTIC BLOCKS AND A SEVEN-STOREY DOMESTIC BLOCK, ALL LINKED BY COVERED WALKWAYS TO A HUGE COMMERCIAL AND MARKET COMPLEX IN THE CENTRE OF THE ESTATE.

IT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ALL BASIC COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING LARGE RECREATIONAL AREAS WITH REST GARDENS AND PLAYGROUNDS, WELFARE CENTRES, CARPARKS, RESTAURANTS AND CLINICS.

THE FIRST STAGE OF THE ESTATE WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR, HOUSING ABOUT 29,000 PEOPLE.

MEANWHILE, WORK IS PROGRESSING WELL ON THE NINE PRIMARY SCHOOLS BEING BUILT AT TAI HING, PAK TIN, YU WAN, AND SHUEN LEE TSUEN ESTATES THE LAST FOUR HOUSING COMPLEXES IN THE P.W.D.'S ESTATE BUILDING PROGRAMME.

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EACH OF THESE PRIMARY SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS. THE FIRST EIGHT SHOULD BE READY TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR. THE LAST IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY MID-1978.

MR. LEI SAID PART OF THE DOMESTIC BLOCKS AT YU WAN ESTATE IN CHAI WAN WOULD BE COMPLETED IN MID-1977 AND THE WHOLE ESTATE SHOULD BE READY BY MID-1978. THE ESTATE WILL HOUSE 15,000 PEOPLE.

THE FINAL PHASE OF PAK TIN ESTATE WILL ALSO BE READY BY MID-1978 AND WILL HOUSE ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE.

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