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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988

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NEW GENERATION PH BLOCKS APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE

TODAY APPROVED IN DESIGN TO MEET

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BUILDING COMMITTEE PRINCIPLE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING (PH) THE HOUSING NEEDS IN THE 1990s.

PER CENT

BLOCK DESIGN, THE NEW GENERATION APART FROM CHANGES IN THE CONCEPT ALSO PROPOSED AN INCREASE IN FLAT SIZES OF ABOUT 10 OVER EXISTING DESIGNS, A HOUSING SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

AUTHORITY THE NEW ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS WILL HELP THE HOUSING

STIPULATED IN THE LONG IN ENSURING THAT ALL TYPES OF HOUSING NEEDS TERM HOUSING STRATEGY IS SATISFIED WITH MINIMUM DELAY, HE SAID.

1990s,

THE

OF THE EARLY "TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS

FIRST TO TENDER IN THE PROJECTS USING THE NEW BLOCKS WILL NEED TO GO OUT

ALL FIRST QUARTER OF 1989. THEREAFTER, THE NEW BLOCKS WILL BE USED IN

HE SAID. NEW PROJECTS WHEREVER PRACTICABLE,'

"

ONE A SLAB BLOCK THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROPOSED NEW BLOCKS, WITH 26 STOREYS AND TWO TOWER BLOCKS, HAVE YET TO BE GIVEN NAMES.

EACH SLAB BLOCK WILL HAVE 390 UNITS, WHILE THE TOWER I BLOCKS, WITH 39 AND 37 STOREYS, WILL HAVE 683 AND 642 FLATS.

AND II

IN THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT ALL THE NEW BLOCKS WILL BE MODULAR 1

FLATS REQUIRED IN THE CONCEPT TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT MIX AND SIZE OF FUTURE AND, INSTEAD OF CLASSIFYING THEM AS ONE-PERSON, THREE-PERSON UNITS AS PRACTISED NOW, THEY WILL BE CALLED TWO-BEDROOM AND THREE-BEDROOM FLATS.

TWO-PERSON

ONE-BEDROOM,

OR

ABOUT 32 SQ

THE FLOOR AREA FOR A SINGLE-BEDROOM UNIT WILL BE METRES, AND 43 AND 52 5Q METRES FOR THE TWO AND THREE-BEDROOM UNITS.

CENT OVER A COMPARABLE THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ADDING THAT SPACE FOR A WASHING

"THIS IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 10 PER UNIT IN A LINEAR OR TRIDENT BLOCK, THERE IS ALSO A BATHTUB IN ALL FLATS PLUS MORE MACHINE IN THE UTILITY AREA.

HAVE

IN DESIGNING THESE NEW BLOCKS, HOUSING DEPARTMENT ARCHITECTS

ON CONCENTRATED

SIMPLIFICATION

AS

FACILITATE MECHANISED CONSTRUCTION, BASIC BUILDING COMPONENTS.

STRUCTURAL

OF

DESIGN ΤΟ WELL AS STANDARDISATION OF

"A GREATER DEGREE OF MECHANISATION IS NECESSARY OF BETTER QUALITY CONTROL AND ALLEVIATING THE LABOUR SHORTAGE PROBLEM," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FOR THE SAKE EFFECT OF ANY FUTURE

AN ADVANTAGE OF STANDARDISING FACILITATE MASS PRODUCTION OFF SITE.

BUILDING

COMPONENTS IS

ΤΟ

/HE NOTED