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ing Society flats. Often the plight of these people was worse than that of squatters. It was for them that the new scheme was started.
In the space of six years the programme pro- vided housing for 135,000 in nine estates at a cost of about HK$130 million. Over the next six years at a greatly expanded building rate it should cater for a further 400,000.
With an eye to the future the pamphlet states that, while housing standards on the estates have steadily improved and their amenities have become more sophisticated, the planners have been con- fronted with new problems principally the shortage of building land in and around the urban centres.
"It remains to be seen" says the text "how successful the Government's attempts will be to persuade former occupants of crowded urban tene- ments to move to the new estates at Kwai Chung and further afield where new towns are being planned."
Kowloon flyover ready by November
The main structure of the Chatham Road fly- over, Kowloon, Hong Kong, is now taking shape and the project should be ready for traffic by November this year. Concrete beams, 60 ft. long, have been laid across two of its four spans, finishing touches are being made to the abutment walls and
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Road spans
in place on Chatham Road flyover
the long ramps on both sides of the flyover are being surfaced. A pedestrian subway beneath Chat- ham Road has also been started.
When completed Chatham Road flyover will measure about 1,450 ft. in length and will have three lanes. It will join Chatham Road with Princess Margaret Road across Gascoigne Road.
The flyover will enable north-south traffic to cross the busy junction without interruption and free-flowing slip roads will look after traffic flow between Tsimshatsui and Hung Hom, Kai Tak and the north-eastern part of Kowloon.
Jewelled pagoda for Expo
Burma's pavilion for Expo '70 in Osaka will consist of a red and gold seven-storey pagoda dec- orated with precious rubies, sapphires, jade and
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Far East BUILDER, June 1969
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