XN000022-1979-05-22 — Page 5

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1979

IN ADDITION, GARDEN SUBURBS MORE FAMILIAR TO ENGLAND THAN HONG KONG ARE BEING BUILT IN YUEN LONG AND TAI PO AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSING-MARINA COMPLEX IN SAI KUNG HAS STARTED WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE 400 THREE-STOREY HOME UNITS.

MR. AKERS-JONES OUTLINED A LONG LIST OF PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECTS TAKING PLACE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE NEW TOWNS IN THE SIX DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WHICH INCLUDE #

ISLANDS

SAI KUNG

TAI PO

■ 450 HOUSES AT CHEUNG SHA SEVERAL THOUSAND AT THE LANTAU RESORT AT DISCOVERY BAY. TAI LONG WAN AND SEA RANCH- AND ANOTHER 600 ON CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU AND LAMMA ISLANDS.

: 1,000 HOUSES, INCLUDING THE 400 AT

THE HO CHUNG HAR INA.

■ OVER 1,000 HOUSES, WITH EASY ACCESS TO THE SEA AND THE COUNTRY PARKS AND AN ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE CONNECTED WITH THE MTR AT KOWLOON TONG IN THREE YEARS' TIME.

YUEN LONG 5,000 HOUSES IN THE FAIRVIEW GARDEN

SUBURB DEVELOPMENT AND ANOTHER 1,000 HOUSES IN OTHER SMALL RESIDENTIAL LAYOUTS IN THE DISTRICT.

TUEN MUN

SHA TIN

1 ABOUT 1,250 FLATS TO BALANCE THE 70 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION IN PUBLIC HOUSING BEING BUILT IN THE NEW TOWN.

SOME 125 TOWN HOUSES IN THE HILLS ABOVE THE RACE COURSE AND OVER 500 OTHER HIGH-GRADE HOUSING UNITS.

+THE GOVERNMENT IS ENSURING THAT VERY LARGE AREAS OF LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR HIGH-GRADE HOUSING, A MIXTURE OF FLATS IN HIGH AND MEDIUM DENSITY APARTMENT BLOCKS AND INDIVIDUAL AND DUPLEX-STYLE HOUSING THAT PROVIDE A FAIR DEGREE OF INTERNAL LIVING SPACE AND A GENERAL ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL OFFER AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO LIFE IN THE MID-LEVELS, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.

+OF COURSE, THE SHORTAGE OF LAND, AND THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF POPULATION FIGURES, MEANS THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.

+BUT THE VERY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF TWO AND THREE-STOREY HOUSING PROJECTS NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN OR IN PLANNING FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES MEANS THAT A FAR GREATER NUMBER THAN BEFORE WILL ENJOY LIFE CLOSER TO THE GROUND, HE ADDED.

/HE SAID

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