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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1984

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$57.5M TENDER ACCEPTED FOR LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BUILDING COMMITTEE HAS JUST APPROVED A TENDER OF $57.5 MILLION TO EMBARK ON FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT OF THE LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE IN CENTRAL KOWLOON.

WORK INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE 26/28-STOREY DOUBLE-H AND ONE 26-STOREY H BLOCKS TO PROVIDE MODERN HOMES FOR 5 000 PEOPLE IN 1 142 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS BY 1987.

THIS MARKS THE FOURTH PHASE OF THE ESTATE'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND RELIEVE OVERCROWDING FOR TENANTS.

SOME 10 000 TENANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REHOUSED TO THREE MODERN BLOCKS COMPLETED IN THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF REDEVELOPMENT, WHILST CONSTRUCTION ON ANOTHER NEW BLOCK IN THE THIRD PHASE IS IN GOOD PROGRESS.

ROOF TOP STRUCTURES GO ****

TEN ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED IN SHA TIN TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE START OF A THREE-DAY CLEARANCE OPERATION IN THE AREA.

THE OPERATION, CARRIED OUT BY THE LEASE ENFORCEMENT TEAM OF THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE (SHA TIN), CONCENTRATED ON THE AREAS OF FO TAN AND TAI WAI AND FOLLOWED THE ISSUE OF 142 WARNING LETTERS TO OWNERS OF UNAUTHORISED ROOFTOP STRUCTURES IN THE AREA DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE OFFICE SAID MOST OWNERS HAD BEEN VERY CO-OPERATIVE AND HAD REMOVED THE IR STRUCTURES WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD+.

THE OWNERS OF STRUCTURES INCLUDED IN YESTERDAY'S CLEARANCE, HOWEVER, HAD REPEATEDLY IGNORED THE WARNING LETTERS.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING STRICTLY TO LEASE CONDITIONS AND OF OBTAINING WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM EITHER THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OR THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE BEFORE CONSTRUCTING ANY ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES.

THE NEXT DEMOLITION OPERATION WOULD BE HELD IN EARLY 1985, HE ADDED.

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