260 square feet, small kitchen, toilet and balcony. A similar scheme was also in course of construction at Wong Tai Sin and will provide a total of 791 such quarters, together with a clinic.
Post Office Buildings
2.45. The building of the new Kowloon Central Post Office, which fronts on to Nathan Road, made slow progress. The five lower floors, including part of the basement, will provide postal sorting facilities; a large public post office; space for subscribers' postal boxes and offices for the Post Office. The floor above will accommodate a canteen and the 14 upper floors will each provide about 5,300 square feet of general office space for various Government departments.
2.46. The Cheung Sha Wan Post Office building was completed, providing quarters on the upper floor for staff of the new Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir. Construction was in progress on the post office building at Sai Ying Pun, the upper floors of which will provide a children's public library and playground, with barrack accommodation for 48 and also 60 married quarters for junior grade Government servants above.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing
2.47. During the year Resettlement buildings containing 105,000 adult domestic living units were completed and others containing 220,000 units were under construction. Buildings containing 15,600 adult domestic living units in Government low cost housing type accommodation were also completed and others containing 42,000 units were being built.
2.48. In addition six resettlement flatted factories providing about 650,000 sq. ft. of working space and six estate schools containing 144 classrooms were handed over for occupation.
2.49. A start was made at Sau Mau Ping on the construction of the new Mark V domestic Resettlement building. The new design incorporates domestic units of four different sizes which are based on the results of a survey which was taken to determine the average size of families in Resettlement estates. The new design incorporates the individual toilets provided in the earlier Mark IV block and introduces an individual water supply to each domestic unit.
2.50. The larger sites which have been developed for Government Low Cost Housing estates and the use of a new standard 20 storey domestic building has led to the incorporation of estate schools to
260 square feet, small kitchen, toilet and balcony. A similar scheme was also in course of construction at Wong Tai Sin and will provide a total of 791 such quarters, together with a clinic.
Post Office Buildings
2.45. The building of the new Kowloon Central Post Office, which fronts on to Nathan Road, made slow progress. The five lower floors, including part of the basement, will provide postal sorting facilities; a large public post office; space for subscribers' postal boxes and offices for the Post Office. The floor above will accommodate a canteen and the 14 upper floors will each provide about 5,300 square feet of general office space for various Government departments.
2.46. The Cheung Sha Wan Post Office building was completed, providing quarters on the upper floor for staff of the new Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir. Construction was in progress on the post office building at Sai Ying Pun, the upper floors of which will provide a children's public library and playground, with barrack accommodation for 48 and also 60 married quarters for junior grade Government servants above.
Resettlement and Low Cost Housing
2.47. During the year Resettlement buildings containing 105,000 adult domestic living units were completed and others containing 220,000 units were under construction. Buildings containing 15,600 adult domestic living units in Government low cost housing type accommoda- tion were also completed and others containing 42,000 units were being built.
2.48. In addition six resettlement flatted factories providing about 650,000 sq. ft. of working space and six estate schools containing 144 classrooms were handed over for occupation.
2.49. A start was made at Sau Mau Ping on the construction of the new Mark V domestic Resettlement building. The new design incor- porates domestic units of four different sizes which are based on the results of a survey which was taken to determine the average size of families in Resettlement estates. The new design incorporates the individual toilets provided in the earlier Mark IV block and introduces an individual water supply to each domestic unit.
2.50. The larger sites which have been developed for Government Low Cost Housing estates and the use of a new standard 20 storey domestic building has led to the incorporation of estate schools to
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