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MODERN HOMES FOR 28 000 COMING UP IN SHA TIN

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ANOTHER MODERN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IS TO RISE IN SHA TIN, PROVIDING HOMES FOR 28 000 PEOPLE BY 1989.

KWONG YUEN ESTATE, THE 11TH PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT IN THE NEW TOWN, WILL BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES ON A 12.5-HECTARE SITE IN THE SIU LEK YUEN VALLEY.

+TENDERS WILL BE INVITED SHORTLY FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW PROJECT,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.

HE SAID WORKS WOULD INCLUDE PILING TO FOUNDATIONS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR 35-STOREY TRIDENT BLOCKS, A PRIMARY SCHOOL, A COMMUNITY HALL, AS WELL AS RELATED ROADS AND EXTERNAL WORKS.

+ THE FOUR RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WILL ACCOMMODATE 13 500 PEOPLE IN 2 832 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS WHEN THEY ARE READY BY 1988.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE BLOCKS WOULD BE BUILT BY USING TIME-SAVING SEMI-MECHANISED CONSTRUCTION METHOD.

+WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.+

MUSEUM PROJECT GETS GREEN LIGHT ****

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, HAD ENDORSED THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSALS FOR THE PHASED DEVELOPMENT OF A COMBINED PROJECT FOR A PERMANENT MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

THE DECISION WAS HAILED BY MEMBERS OF THE MUSEUMS SELECT COMMITTEE AT THEIR MEETING EARLIER TODAY.

MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT, TO BE BUILT IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, WAS ESTIMATED TO COST $150 MILLION. THIS INITIAL PHASE WOULD COMPRISE THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

IN A LETTER TO THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE RECOGNISED THE VALUE AND RELEVANCE OF SUCH MUSEUM FACILITIES TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THE COUNCIL WELCOMED THE GOVERNOR'S SUPPORT.

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PHASED DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOW BE FURTHER STUDIED WITH A VIEW TO PROCEEDING WITH PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING OF THE MUSEUM,

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