HO MAN TIN DEVELOPMENT
WORK will start in a few months
on the second phase of the de- velopment scheme for Ho Man Tin- a barren and eroded area in the centre of Kowloon Peninsula.
The scheme. which began late in 1962. is expected to take at least five years to complete. It will provide
some 110 acres of much-needed land for the construction of private build. ings, schools and low-cost housing
estates.
The next phase of the project in- volves the formation of 40.85 acres of land. together with roads and drainage facilities. Site formation work is expected to start in the dry season in September and take about 18 months to complete.
Site formation will cost about $6.25 million. exclusive of water supply installations. On completion. 28.78 acres of land will be available for medium density housing, another 6.46
for schools and open spaces and 5.61 acres for roads and
acres
drainage.
The first sites for residential use are expected to be made available for sale in about one and a half years time.
The first phase of the development work. which started towards the end of 1962. is due for completion at the end of this year.
It involves the formation of about 20 acres of land for medium density residential purposes
15.6 acres on
the hill adjacent to Perth Street and 44 acres on Hok Yuen Hill, to the east of Chatham Road.
Arch bridge
A new road from Chatham Road to Nairn Road. as well as an arch bridge over Chatham Road. are also included in this phase of the de- velopment work.
The new road has been formed. It has a four-lane carriageway and ex- tends about 5.200 feet on the hill to link Pui Ching Road with Hok Yuen
WEI
MA
TAU
ROAD
Hill. Surfacing of the Road will take place some time after the completion of the water mains and other services.
Construction of the 110-foot-long arch bridge. by which the new road will cross over Chatham Road, is due for completion in May.
However, this bridge will not be oponed to traffic until the new road link is completed.
About 80 per cent of the work on levelling Hok Yuen Hill has already been completed with a view to pro- viding seven acres of usable land 44 acres of this total will be for re- sidential purposes. The entire site formation will take another three months to complete.
The forming of some 244 acres of land on the hill adjacent to Perth Street is forging steadily ahead and completion is schedules for December this year.
About 15.6 acres of the land formed are for residential pur-
poses.
Some of the sites formed in the first phase of the development scheme are expected to become available for sale by public auction some time this
year.
ARGYLE
STREET
KWONG
TIN
PERTH STREET
PHASE
WATERLOO
ROAD
SITE RESERVED FOR
SERVICE RESERVOIR
[PUI
CHING
RD
PHASE
PHASE 3
PAK
KUNG ST.
CHATHAM
SITE RESERVED FOR SERVICE RESERVOIR.
SITE RESERVED FOR SERVICE RESERVOIR
NAIRN
ROAD
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