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SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1979

STAGE II OF SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT

VIRTUALLY COMPLETE

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THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETE.

THE WORK INVOLVES DEMOLISHING THREE MARK I SEVEN-STOREY BLOCKS AND BUILDING THREE 13-STOREY BLOCKS.

MRS. C. ALUNAN, PWD'S CHIEF ARCHITECT, SAID THAT THESE BLOCKS WERE EXPECTED TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT LATER THIS MONTH,

MEANWHILE, WORK ON TWO MORE 13-STOREY BLOCKS UNDER THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SHEK KIP MEI REDEVELOPMENT IS NEARING COMPLETION AND IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN MAY.

STAGE THREE WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPLEX AND THREE 13-STOREY BLOCKS TO REPLACE THREE MARK SEVEN-STOREY BLOCKS.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.

MRS. ALUNAN POINTED OUT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACT HANDLED BY THE PWD.

OTHER WORK ON PUBLIC HOUSING BEING UNDERTAKEN BY PWD INCLUDES THREE BLOCKS OF 3D-STOREY BUILDING AT TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN,

THIS PROJECT IS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN JANUARY 1980.

FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT LAI KING ESTATE AND TAI HING ESTATE ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

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