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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1985

SECOND LARGEST THA FOR FANLING

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS BUILDING ITS SECOND LARGEST TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA IN FANLING TO HELP MEET REHOUSING COMMITMENTS FROM DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE AND NATURAL DISASTERS.

COVERING A 9.4-HECTARE SITE OPPOSITE THE FANLING RAILWAY STATION, THE $44.6 MILLION TIN SUM THA WILL HAVE SPACES FOR 9 200 PEOPLE ON FULL COMPLETION BY 1987.

+ IT WILL BE NEXT TO THE LARGEST THA, YUEN CHAU KOK IN SHA TIN, WHICH IS HOUSING 12 000 PEOPLE,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY TODAY.

HE SAID TIN SUM WOULD ALSO BE THE FOURTH FULL-CLAD THA WITH UPGRADED DESIGNS TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR TENANTS.

+ALL UNITS WILL BE FULL-BUILT WITH KITCHEN, BATHROOM, WALLS, PARTITIONS, UPPER-FLOOR DECKING, FALSE CEILING, STAIRCASE, DOORS AND WINDOWS.

+OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL WATER METERS, ELECTRICITY SOCKETS, OPENINGS FOR AIR-CONDITIONERS, AND TELEPHONE INSTALLATION POINTS.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID TIN SUM THA WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN SIX PHASES AND WOULD HAVE ALTOGETHER 136 DOMESTIC BLOCKS OF DUPLEX-TYPE UNITS, PLUS A WIDE RANGE OF COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

+THERE WILL BE SHOPS FOR DRY AND WET GOODS, COOKED-FOOD STALLS, A COMMUNITY CENTRE, A KINDERGARTEN AND A NURSERY, AS WELL AS BASKETBALL COURTS AND SITTING-OUT AREAS.

+CONSTRUCTION WORKS ON TIN SUM THA BEGAN IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, AND THE FIRST 26 BLOCKS WOULD BE READY FOR OCCUPATION BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.+

EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE FIRST TWO FULL-BUILT THAS, KWAL FUK ROAD THA IN KWAI CHUNG AND MUI WO THA ON LANTAO ISLAND, WERE COMPLETED. CONSTRUCTION IS NOW UNDERWAY ON THE THIRD FULL-CLAD THA AT LONG BIN IN YUEN LONG.

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