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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1984

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AP LEI CHAU PROJECT TO HOUSE 37 000

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A SECOND PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT IN AP LEI CHAU OFF ABERDEEN HAS TAKEN A SIGNIFICANT STRIDE FORWARD WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF ITS $230-MILLION SITE FORMATION WORK.

THE OCCASION WAS MARKED TODAY WITH A THANKSGIVING CEREMONY AT WHICH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (CONSTRUCTION), MR FRED PANG, OFFICIATED.

THE LARGE PROJECT, LE TUNG ESTATE, WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR 37 000 MORE PEOPLE ON COMPLETION BY 1988.

THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLET, AP LEI CHAU ESTATE, ALREADY HOUSES 19 000 PEOPLE.

LEI TUNG ESTATE IS BEING DEVELOPED IN THREE PHASES ON A 16-HECTARE SITE NEAR THE AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE.

ALTOGETHER EIGHT RENTAL AND SEVEN HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT, PLUS COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER FACILITIES.

THE REST OF THE SITE FORMATION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR.

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KOREAN HOUSING CHIEF SEES HK WORKS

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THE VISITING PRESIDENT OF KOREA NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION, MR YOUNG SU PARK, TODAY LOOKED AT HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DURING A TOUR OF OLD AND NEW ESTATES.

ACCOMPANIED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (ADMINISTRATION), MISS ELAINE CHUNG, HE VISITED SHEK KIP ME! ESTATE IN SHAM SHUT PO, AND LUNG HANG ESTATE, HOME OWNERSHIP KING TIN COURT AND CHUN SHEK ESTATE IN SHA TIN.

AT SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE, HE TOURED BLOCKS WHICH HAD BEEN REDEVELOPED UNDER A PROGRAMME TO UPGRADE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND RELIEVE OVERCROWDING FOR TENANTS.

IN THE SHA TIN ESTATES, HE LOOKED AT NEWLY-COMPLETED BLOCKS AND INSPECTED THE COMMERCIAL AND OTHER FACILITIES PROVIDED.

BEFORE THE TOUR, THE VISITOR CALLED AT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND HAD A DISCUSSION MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD,

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