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MORE NEW HOMES IN KWAI TSING

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1988

ABOUT 56,000 PEOPLE WILL MOVE INTO A TOTAL OF 13,000 NEW FLATS OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT BEFORE JULY NEXT YEAR, CHIEF HOUSING MANAGER, MR LAU KWAN-YUEN TOLD THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TODAY (FRIDAY).

BRIEFING MEMBERS OF THE DMC AT A MEETING, MR LAU SAID PHASE II OF CHEUNG ON ESTATE AND CHEUNG FAT ESTATE WOULD ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 16,000 AND 10,000 RESIDENTS RESPECTIVELY, THE LARGEST INTAKE AMONG ALL NEW HOUSING ESTATES IN THE DISTRICT.

OTHER HOUSING ESTATES DUE FOR COMPLETION IN THE FORTHCOMING YEAR INCLUDE PHASE II OF TSING YI ESTATE, PHASE III OF TAI WO HAU ESTATE, PHASE III OF SHEK LEI EXTENSION, A NEW ESTATÉ AT KWAI SHING AND A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, CHING TAI COURT, HE SAID.

SOME OF THE FLATS WILL BE ALLOCATED ΤΟ RESIDENTS OF REDEVELOPED BLOCKS AT KWAI CHUNG, MR LAU SAID.

BLOCKS

ABOUT HALF OF THE 4,200 FAMILIES LIVING IN REDEVELOPED HAVE BEEN REHOUSED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND ANOTHER 700 FAMILIES HAVE OPTED ΤΟ PURCHASE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS. SIMILAR REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THE REMAINING 1,400 FAMILIES SHORTLY.

THE CHAIRMAN OF KWAI TSING DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTER, MR BRIAN COAK NOTED THAT THE HOUSING PROGRAMME DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF THE RESIDENTS COULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED,

"PEOPLE WILL ENJOY BETTER FACILITIES IN THESE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, SUCH AS SHOPPING CENTRES, MARKETS, PARKS, BTC. AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE AT CHEUNG FAT ESTATE WILL BE OPENED EARLY NEXT YEAR TO PROVIDE A SUITABLE VENUE FOR SPORTS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

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YUEN LONG TOWN PARK AND OPEN SPACES PROJECT

A TOWN PARK AND TWO OPEN SPACES WILL BE BUILT IN THE WESTERN PART OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN TO PROVIDE MORE COMPREHENSIVE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

AND TOWN PARK ROAD

SITUATED INSIDE THE TOWN PARK ROAD SOUTH NORTH CIRCULAR ROADS, THE PARK OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 7.5 HECTARES,

/FACILITIES INCLUDE

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