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HOUSING

flats for rental and HOS. Site formation works at Lam Tin and Diamond Hill will provide sites for a further 7 500 flats.

In central Kowloon, major public housing projects are under development at Chuk Yuen, Ma Chai Hang and Kwun Tong Central which will provide a total of 17 900 flats. Estates completed during the year were Chak On providing 1 900 rental flats and Yee Kok Court providing 300 HOS flats. In addition, work started on the first joint venture between the Housing Authority and Urban Services Department at Po On Road which will provide 400 flats, a market and other social facilities for the area.

An extensive redevelopment programme to upgrade living conditions on the original Mark I and II estates made further progress during the year. Altogether, 3 400 flats were completed at Wan Tsui, Shek Kip Mei, Wang Tau Hom, Wong Tai Sin, Hung Hom and Jordan Valley. Two large commercial centres were also completed at Wong Tai Sin and Lok Fu. Additional projects at Shek Kip Mei, Tai Hang Tung, Lei Cheng Uk, Wang Tau Hom, Tung Tau, Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong and Tai-Wo Hau will provide some 11 000 flats for rehousing purposes. Several old blocks were demolished at Chai Wan, Wong Tai Sin and Tung Tau and piling is under way for new blocks. In addition, one wing of Jordan Valley Factory Estate was demolished to make way for a bus terminus. More demolition work preparatory to rebuilding is being carried out at Tai Hang Tung.

Housing in New Towns and Rural Townships

In Tsuen Wan, construction started on extensions to Shek Lei Estate which will provide 3 000 flats. On Tsing Yi Island, the Cheung Ching Community Centre, as well as the final phase of Cheung Ching Estate providing 400 flats, was completed. Work proceeded on the construction of further phases of Cheung Hong Estate which will produce a total of 5 900 flats on completion in 1984-5. Construction work for two more housing estates also started.

In Sha Tin, completion of various phases of Pok Hong Estate, Lung Hang Estate and part of Chun Shek Estate added 11 400 flats to the stock of public housing in the new town during the year. More than 13 000 flats in seven building contracts are under construction at Pok Hong, Mei Lam, Sun Chui and Chun Shek Estates. Progress on all these contracts is satisfactory and completions are scheduled over the next two years. Planning for another two large housing estates in Sha Tin, at Ma On Shan and Hin Keng, was also completed with piling work already started.

In Tuen Mun, a further 7 100 rental' and HOS flats were added to the neighbouring Wu King and Butterfly Estates. Another big estate in the new town, Shan King, is progressing well with 2 600 flats completed during the year and another 6 100 flats under construction. The remaining 2 600 flats at the 4 700-flat Siu Hong Court the biggest HOS project so far are due for completion in 1984, while building is under way on another HOS estate for 2 800 flats.

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In Tai Po, construction of Kwong Fuk Estate is well advanced with 4 500 flats completed. Phase II is due for completion in early 1984, and Phase III, the Housing Authority's first semi-mechanised contract, is under way. This major estate will provide on completion a total of 6 250 rental and 2 000 home ownership flats. Work also started on another new estate for 5 500 rental flats and 1 700 HOS flats using semi-mechanised construction methods.

In Shek Wu Hui, 2 100 HOS flats were under construction, while foundation works were under way for another estate containing 5 100 flats. In nearby Fanling, construction of 4 300 flats at Cheung Wah Estate was progressing satisfactorily with foundations for a