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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1977

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JORDAN BACK FROM LEAVE

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MR. DAVID JORDAN HAS RETURNED FROM ANNUAL LEAVE AND HAS TAKEN UP HIS DUTIES AS DIRECTOR OF THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.

MR. BILL DORWARD WHO ACTED AS DIRECTOR DURING MR. JORDAN'S ABSENCE, WILL NOW BECOME COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, AN ARM OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT.

BEFORE GOING ON LEAVE IN JULY, MR. JORDAN ACTED AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS.

WORK SET TO GO ON TAI HING ESTATE'S LAST BLOCK

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BEGIN WORK SOON ON THE FINAL BLOCK OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.

MR. JOSEPH LEI, P.W.D.'S CHIEF ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THIS BLOCK, THE LAST OF THREE IN STAGE TWO, WAS EXPECTED TO START IN DECEMBER AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ON COMPLETION, THE 30-STOREY CRUCIFORM BLOCK WOULD PROVIDE 1,388 FLATS FOR ABOUT 7,500 PERSONS.

MR. LEI SAID THAT WORK ON THE FIRST TWO BLOCKS HAD ALREADY BEGUN AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.

+EACH OF THESE BLOCKS CONTAINS ABOUT 1,388 FLATS WITH INDIVIDUAL BALCONY, KITCHEN AND TOILET, HE ADDED.

+THE WHOLE OF STAGE TWO IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1979 AND WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS PART OF ITS 10-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME.+

LIKE STAGE ONE OF THE ESTATE, MR. LEI SAID, THERE WOULD BE OPEN AND RECREATIONAL SPACE IN THE ESTATE WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND REST GARDENS FOR RESIDENTS.

+COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS. THESE INCLUDE SHOPS AND A CENTRALLY LOCATED MARKET CONSISTING OF ABOUT 50 STALLS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND A LARGE RESTAURANT. +

THE RESTAURANT, HE ADDED, MEASURED ABOUT 1,500 SQUARE METRES AND WAS LOCATED AT THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WITH PARKING FACILITIES.

+ON COMPLETION, THE $200 MILLION HIGH QUALITY HOUSING ESTATE WOULD HOUSE A TOTAL OF 46,000 PEOPLE IN SOME 8,500 FLATS,+ MR. LEI SAID.

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