XN000022-1980-06-27 — Page 2

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1980

SIR MURRAY VISITS AP LEI CHAU HOUSING SITES

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY VISITED SITES WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE MORE THAN 50 000 PEOPLE ON AP LEI CHAU.

DURING A TOUR OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT, SIR MURRAY ALSO SAW THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR RECLAMATION PROGRAMME AND PROVISIONS MADE FOR THE AP LEI CHAU WEST INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

AFTER VIEWING THE DEVELOPMENT WORK AND SPEAKING WITH STAFF OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SIR MURRAY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEE. SIR MURRAY SAID HE WELCOMED THE VIEWS OF THE MEMBERS CONCERNING THE GREEN PAPER ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, AND HE ADVISED THEM, AS WITH ANYONE ELSE, TO AIR THEIR OPINIONS PUBLICLY.

THE AP LEI CHAU WEST ESTATE ADJACENT TO THE POWER STATION WILL CONSIST OF SIX BLOCKS WITH 4 479 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE 21 500 PEOPLE.

PHASE I OF THE ESTATE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED LATE LAST YEAR COMPRISES THREE BLOCKS AND WHEN FULLY OCCUPIED WILL HOUSE ABOUT 10 500 PEOPLE.

ALREADY ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE TENANTS HAVE MOVED IN. WORK ON THE SECOND PHASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1982 AND IS EXPECTED TO HOUSE 11 000 PEOPLE.

ANOTHER ESTATE AT AP LEI CHAU EAST, ADJACENT TO PAK SHA WAN, WILL BE BUILT IN THREE PHASES TO HOUSE ABOUT 25 000 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS AND ANOTHER 4 000 IN HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS.

PHASE I OF THE ABERDEEN HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME — KNOWN AS YUE FAI YUEN → WAS COMPLETED EARLY THIS YEAR AND PROVIDES FOR 1 100 TWO-BEDROOM FLATS CONTAINED IN FIVE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TOWER BLOCKS TO ACCOMMODATE 7 500 PEOPLE.

THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH AND WILL HOUSE ANOTHER 1 500 PEOPLE IN 220 TWO-BEDROOM FLATS IN A SINGLE 27-STOREY BLOCK,

SIR MURRAY WAS TOLD THE SELLING PRICE OF THE PHASE I FLATS VARY FROM $108 000 TO $133 500 AND FOR PHASE | BETWEEN $182 400 AND $223 700.

MUCH OF THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR RECLAMATION PROGRAMME WAS UNDERWAY WITH NEW ROADWORKS AND OPEN SPACES BEING PROVIDED. OTHER SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1984 AS OTHER INTERMEDIATE STAGES ARE BEING DEVELOPED. THE OVERALL PROGRAMME WILL PROVIDE FOR A CIVIC CENTRE, MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS, PUBLIC LANDING AREAS, A MAGISTRACY, MARKETS AND A FLATTED RESETTLEMENT FACTORY.

/TO AUGMENT