XN000022-1983-07-18 — Page 2

MONDAY, JULY 18, 1983

CONTRACT FOR OVER 8 000 FLATS SIGNED

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THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD, TODAY SIGNED SIX BUILDING CONTRACTS TOTALLING OVER $598 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 8 338 PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS FOR ABOUT 35 600 PEOPLE.

THESE ARE THE FIRST CONTRACTS SIGNED BY MR FORD, WHO TOOK OVER AS DIRECTOR A WEEK AGO. THEY BRING THE TOTAL VALUE OF PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACTS SIGNED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO WELL OVER $1 161 MILLION.

THE CONTRACTS ARE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR VARIOUS PHASES OF CHUK YUEN, CHEIJING HONG, SUN CHUI, POK HONG AND SAU MAU PING RENTAL ESTATES, AND A NEW HOME OWNERSHIP ESTATE.

THE LARGEST CONTRACT OF $192 MILLION IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO 12-STOREY TRIPLE SLAB BLOCKS AND ONE 26-28-STOREY TWIN H- BLOCK UNDER THE SECOND PHASE OF CHUK YUEN ESTATE IN CENTRAL KOWLOON, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 2 933 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR ABOUT 10 600 PEOPLE WHEN COMPLETED IN 1986.

INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT ARE A SEVEN-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE, AN ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE, A GAMES HALL, AN ELECTRIC POWER SUB- STATION, TWO COOKED-FOOD STALL STRUCTURES, AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

THE CHUK YUEN ESTATE IS THE LARGEST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN CENTRAL KOWLOON AND IS BEING BUILT IN FIVE PHASES.

IT WILL HAVE 14 BLOCKS FOR ABOUT 54 000 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED.

ANOTHER LARGE CONTRACT, VALUED AT $165 MILLION, IS FOR FOUNDATION AND CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE FIFTH PHASE OF THE CHEUNG HONG ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND. TWO 35-STOREY TRIDENT BLOCKS CONTAINING 2 004 FLATS FOR ABOUT 8 000 PEOPLE WILL BE BUILT.

WORK ALSO INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMERCIAL CENTRE, TWO COOKED-FOOD STALL STRUCTURES, A SECONDARY SCHOOL, A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND A MARKET BUILDING WITH CAR PARKING FACILITIES AND COVERED GAMES AREA AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED ROADS, DRAINAGE AND EXTERNAL WORKS.

THE THIRD CONTRACT OF $88 MILLION IS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST TWO 34/38-STOREY DOMESTIC BLOCKS, COVERED WALKWAYS AND ASSOCIATED ROADS AT HOME OWNERSHIP SAN WAI COURT, NEXT TO WU KING ESTATE, IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

ON COMPLETION IN OCTOBER 1985, THE TWO BLOCKS WILL HOUSE ABOUT 4 500 PEOPLE IN 1 120 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS.

TWO OTHER CONTRACTS, OF $68 MILLION AND $55 MILLION, ARE FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF SUN CHUI AND POK HONG ESTATES RESPECTIVELY IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

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