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FRIDAY JUNĖ 1, 1984

PUBLIC HOUSING SCHEME EXPANDED

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THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPANDING THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION ME TO ENABLE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND TO HELP MORE LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES TO BECOME HOME-OWNERS.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LEAO, SAID THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) WHILE OFFICIATING AT A TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY FOR THE NEW TAI PO PLAZA THE FIRST PSPS PROJECT IN TAI PO NEW TOWN.

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HE SAID THAT THERE WERE EIGHT OTHER PSPS PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN VARIOUS PLACES INCLUDING TUEN MUN, SHA TIN, KWOLOON BAY, NGAU CI WAN, QUARRY BAY AND CHAI WAN, WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

+WITH THE 5 000 HOS FLATS PRODUCED ANNUALLY BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY WILL TOGETHER PRODUCE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 10 000 FLATS A YEAR FOR SALE TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.

+THE GOVERNMENT WILL SHORTLY AWARD ANOTHER PSPS CONTRACT FOR 1 500 FLATS AT NEARBY TAI PO AREA 17 TO ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF THE PSPS.

+FURTHER TENDERS WILL BE INVITED LATER THIS YEAR FOR THE PROVISION OF SIMILAR TYPE OF FLATS IN THE MA ON SHAN AREA.+

REFERRRING TO THE DEVELOPMENTS OF TAI PO, MR LAIO SAID EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION WORKS WERE BEING UNDERTAKEN AT THE NEWLY-RECLAIMED AREA WHERE THE TAI PO PLAZA WAS SITUATED.

HE SAID THE AREA WOULD BECOME THE TOWN CENTRE OF TAI PO WHERE POPULATION WOULD GROW FROM THE PRESENT 100 000 TO ABOUT 140 000 IN TWO THE THREE YEARS AFTER THE DEVELOPMENTS WERE FULLY COMPLETED.

+THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS ALREADY PROVIDED TWO RENTAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND TWO HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATES FOR 50 000 PEOPLE IN TAI PO.

+ANOTHER RENTAL PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATE, BEING BUILT ON ADJACENT SITES, ARE ALSO DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY 1986 TO PROVIDE MODERN HOMES FOR 30 000 PEOPLE.

MR LIAO SAID THE TAI PO PLAZA BUILT WAS WELL-DESIGNED AS A MODERN RESIDENTIAL, SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX.

+APART FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SHOPPING FACILITIES, THE TWO-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE BELOW WILL ALSO HAVE CINEMAS AND A BOWLING CENTRE.

/+THE FIVE