24. Adequate lift service is provided, and to meet the problem of refuse disposal in such large blocks, refuse chutes are to be installed at central points in each block.
25. Tenants for these flats will be selected on the basis of their housing need. As has been stated above the final system of selection awaits the advice of the Housing Manager and applications will not be invited until this officer has been appointed and has set up the necessary organization to deal with them. It is intended that the school, the clinics, and the post office will be taken over and run by Government and they have been designed in accordance with the specifications of the Departments concerned. The shops will be let by tender.
26. The rents for the flats cannot be finally assessed until the actual costs of the scheme are known but from present estimates it is anticipated that they will range from $50 a month to $100 a month, exclusive of rates, according to the size of the flat. These figures correspond to an approximate average of $9 a month for each adult accommodated.
27. It is anticipated that work on the construction of these flats will start in September 1955 and that the first block of flats will be ready for occupation towards the end of 1956.
28. Mr. T.S.C. Feltham, A.R.I.B.A., was appointed architect for the Cadogan Street site. This site is on a steep hill- side and as there were a number of severe difficulties in design to be overcome progress has been delayed. However the plans for this site have now reached an advanced stage and it is expected that a detailed scheme will shortly be sub- mitted to Government for approval.
29. Planning for the So Uk (Li Cheng Uk) site has so far only reached a preliminary stage.
30. The allocation of further sites is now being examined by Government.
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