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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1985

NEW HOUSING PROJECT IN FINAL STAGE

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A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE PROJECT FOR 35 000 PEOPLE IN YUEN LONG NEW TOWN IS ENTERING ITS FINAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.

IN A NEWLY-APPROVED TENDER WORTH OVER $18.3 MILLION, PILING TO FOUNDATIONS WILL BEGIN SOON FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF LONG PING ESTATE.

+THIS WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO 22-STOREY SLAB BLOCKS, TWO SCHOOLS, A CARPARK AND ELEVATED WALKWAYS,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.

HE SAID THE TWO RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WOULD HOUSE 6 000 PEOPLE IN 1 976 FLATS WHEN COMPLETED.

+DEVELOPED IN THREE PHASES, LONG PING ESTATE IS THE THIRD PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING ESTATE IN YUEN LONG, WITH NINE DOMESTIC BLOCKS WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN ITS FIRST TWO PHASES.

+ON FULL COMPLETION BY 1987, THE ESTATE WILL BECOME A SELF- SUFFICIENT ENTITY OF 35 000 PEOPLE WELL SERVED BY WIDE-RANGING COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITES.+

THE PILING TENDER WAS APPROVED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BUILDING COMMITTEE AT ITS LAST MEETING.

SHORT-TERM TENANCIES OFFERED FOR NT SITES

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THE LANDS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SHORT-TERM TENANCIES OF TWO SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE FIRST SITE, AT PING CHE ROAD IN FANLING AND MEASURING ABOUT 1 370 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR USE AS AN OPEN STORAGE AREA. THE INITIAL TENANCY FOR THE SITE IS THREE YEARS, AND RENEWABLE QUARTERLY AFTERWARDS.

THE SECOND SITE, MEASURING ABOUT 2 090 SQUARE METRES, IS AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI WAI ROAD AND TSUEN NAM ROAD IN SHA TIN, IT IS FOR USE AS A FEE-PAYING PUBLIC CARPARK.

TENANCY FOR