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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1294

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$187M PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACTS SIGNED

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY AWARDED YET ANOTHER THREE PUBLIC HOUSING CONTRACTS TOTALLING MORE THAN $187 MILLION TO PROVIDE MODERN HOMES FOR 13 000 PEOPLE BY 1986.

S1 GNED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FRED PANG, THE LARGEST CONTRACT, OF $149.6 MILLION, IS FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF TIN PING ESTATE IN FANLING-SHEK WU HUI NEW TOWN.

THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE 35-STOREY TRIDENTH BLOCKS, A STANDARD SEVEN-STOREY PRIMARY SCHOOL AND A LORRY PARKING AREA, PLUS ASSOCIATED ROADS, DRAINAGE AND EXTERNAL WORKS.

UPON COMPLETION BY 1996, THE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF -2.449 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR 11 300 PEOPLE.

TIN PING ESTATE, THE THIRD PUBLIC RENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN, IS BEING DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES AND WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE 22 700 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED BY 1987.

THE SECOND CONTRACT, WORTH $18.9 MILLION, IS FOR THE BUILDING OF A MODERN BLOCK AT TUNG TAU ESTATE AS THE PHASE 11B OF ITS REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO UPGRADE THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND RELIEVE OVERCROWDING FOR TENANTS.

THE: 26-STOREY SINGLE-H BLOCK, TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY +986, WILL CONTALN 366, SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR 1 680 PEOPLE.

UNDER THE PREVIOUS PHASES OF REDEVELOPMENT, THREE NEW BLOCKE' HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT ON THE ESTATE, PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCOMMODATION FOR 7 100 PEOPLE,

THE THIRD CONTRACT, VALUED AT OVER $18.5 MILLION, IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CAISSON FOUNDATION AND SUPERSTRUCTURES FOR - PRIMARY - SCHOOL AND A TWO-STOREY CAR PARK AT CHUN SHEK ESTATE IN SHA TIN.

ALSO TO BE BUILT IS A PEDESTRI AN FOOTBRIDGE WHICH WILL LIVE THE CAR PARK WITH THE, ADJOINING SUN TIN WAI ESTATE,