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be purchased by Government and thus reduce the Authority's capital invest- ment by this amount.

The total cost of this estate will be about fifty million dollars.

At So Uk, the site formation work began early this year. Some delay was caused because of bad weather. Excavation for the foundations of retaining walls and for the extension of Po On Road continues, and also filling of the depression in the south- east corner (where the Cheung Fat Street extension will eventually stand). By the end of June over 48,000 cu. yds. of earth and 8,000 cu.yds. of rock had been excavated.

By the end of September, approxi- mately half of the earth and rock excavation had been completed, and excavation of the foundations of the retaining walls and reduction of the site to level for construction of roads continues. Some retaining walls have. been finished. According to present indications, all this part of the work should be completed by April 1953. It may be of interest to know that the major part of the cost of preparing the site for this project is being made from Colonial Development And Wel- fare Funds.

19 huts, containing 222 persons, were removed from the site by the Resettlement Department on 23rd April; another 60 huts, containing 800 or still remain, to be persons were, cleared.

Mr. W. Szeto, who is designing a flushing supply for the estate, has concluded that there is no alternative to using sea water. An intake and pumping plant must therefore be con- structed near the sea-wall at Cheung Sha Wan, where the reclamation is now in progress, with a delivery pipe along Hing Wah Street into the site. A distribution reservoir will have to created in 1954, the third of the pro-

be built on high ground, probably jects being erected by this Authority

above the Taipo Road, to give a is now well under way. The first, the

gravity flow to all buildings. Mr. North Point Estate on Java Road is This nineteen acre site slopes from Szeto's report on the proposed salt- now in the final stages of completion, south to north, and the blocks, most water flushing supply system has been the second, the Cadogan Street Estate of which will face south over the received, and is being studied. The in West Point has reached the point harbour, will be for the most part, on question of a mains water supply for where actual construction of the different levels, the situation which is the estate is being investigated by the buildings has commenced.

favourable to the provision of ad- Water Authority, in view of complica-

detailing work, working as a consor tium under the Chairmanship of Mr. Cumine.

So Uk is probably the largest equate light and air. There will be tions created by the fact that some domestic housing development ever plenty of covered area and open re- of the floor levels are as high as +280 carried out as an integrated scheme creation space and two twenty-four A. P. D.

in the Far East, and is being built to classroom primary schools will be in- Discussions have taken place with a master plan produced by Mr. Eric corporated in the ground and first the architects with regard to the types Cumine. Four private architects were floors of Blocks "P" "Q" and "R". and sizes of flats, and standard of appointed to do the designing and We understand that these schools will accommodation to be provided on this

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