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"A" type flats on Terrace 168.00.

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View showing Artery Road; "B" type flats foreground;

"A" type flats at the back.

Entrance to Terrace 140.00 showing "B" type flats.

Looking up Artery Road from a lower level.

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BED ROOM

DINING

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DINING ROOM

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LIVING ROOMS

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Ground floor plan of one of the houses containing 'Type A' flats.

horse-shoe shaped terraces with а room and the master bedroom. A difference in levels of 58'-0". These service balcony for washing and dry- are the big flats, each consisting of a ing is provided at the rear. The floor combined living and dining room, area of each of the eighty "A" flats three bedrooms, one bathroom, ser- is 1,250 square feet. vant's room and W.C., and a trunk

room; there is a front balcony 6'-0” Sixteen slightly larger flats of simi- by 10'-0"

leading from the living lar planning to the "A" flats are

located on Terrace 168.00 flanking the approach ramp from Pokfulam Road. They have an extra rear balcony opening out from the dining area and facing the garden. These flats are classified as "A-1", and each has a floor area of 1,365 square feet includ- ing balconies.

There are 128 small flats located mainly on the lower levels, with the exception of three blocks of semi- detached houses (24 flats) which are sited at the south-west corner of the site and possess an excellent view of the harbour. Each of these flats con- sists of a living room, three bedrooms, one bathroom and a kitchen. They are also provided with a 4'-6" by 13'-0" front balcony and a 3'-0" wide rear balcony for washing and drying. The floor area of each "B" flat is 840 square feet.

Due to the slow progress of the site formation, the completion of the buildings was considerably delayed. Work on the "B" type flats was coin- menced in July 1955, and on the "A"

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