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HOUSING

formation for Phases 3 and 4 of the estate will be completed in 1988, providing land for a further 3 844 rental and 1 400 Home Ownership flats scheduled for completion in 1990–1.

Housing in New Towns and Rural Townships

In Sha Tin, most of the new development was taking place at Ma On Shan where 2 488 rental flats in Phase 3 of Heng On Estate and 1 050 HOS flats in Kam On Court were completed. Also completed were 2 000 flats for sale in Phases 1 and 2 of a PSPS project at Ma On Shan, with the remaining 1 932 flats in Phase 2 scheduled for completion in 1988. A total of 1 680 HOS flats were completed in Ka Tin Court in Sha Tin.

On Tsing Yi, 3 426 rental flats were completed under Phase 1 of Cheung On Estate and 1 340 HOS flats in Ching Wah Court. Construction work on the remaining Phases 2 and 3 of Cheung On Estate was well underway and, when completed in 1988 and 1989, will provide a further 6 466 rental flats and 816 HOS flats.

In Tuen Mun, 892 rental flats in Leung King Estate Phase 2 were completed, with a further 2 652 flats under Phase 1 to be completed in early 1988 and 3 920 flats under Phase 3 in mid-1989. Work on 2 100 Home Ownership flats in the adjacent San Wai Court also continued and is expected to be completed in the second half of 1989. Construction of two other rental estates, Tin King and Kin Sang, and a HOS court has also begun and is due for completion between 1990 and 1991.

In Fanling, work has started on Tin Ping Estate and Wah Ming Estate, which will provide 9 204 rental flats between 1988 and 1990. In Tai Po, Phase 1 of Tai Wo Estate will provide a further 3 230 rental flats in mid-1988.

In Yuen Long, the final two phases of Long Ping Estate were completed, providing 5 140 flats.

In Junk Bay, the first two housing estates, Tsui Lam and Po Lam, were completed providing altogether 7 420 rental flats. On completion of King Ming Court and Ying Ming Court in the area, a further 2 800 HOS flats will be provided. Nearby, work on King Lam Estate with 7 387 rental flats and Yan Ming Court with 1 750 HOS flats, is scheduled for completion between 1989 and 1991.

In Mui Wo on Lantau Island, construction of 441 flats in Ngan Wan Estate is expected to be completed in early 1988.

Redevelopment

A total of 12 Mark I/II estates comprising 240 blocks were built between 1954 and 1964 to provide emergency housing for victims of natural disasters and squatters displaced by development clearances. Since these estates provided only basic accommodation with few communal facilities, they were considered socially unacceptable. Following the success of a pilot conversion scheme in 1968, a redevelopment programme was launched in 1972.

With a view to rehousing all the remaining Mark I/II estate tenants by 1990-1, it was decided in 1983 to accelerate the redevelopment programme by rehousing an average of 6 000 families annually. Families who wish to improve their living environment in advance of scheduled redevelopment, are offered the opportunity of moving to other rental flats or purchasing HOS flats with priority in flat selection.

The year saw the successful rehousing of families living in nine Mark I/II blocks, leaving 84 blocks to be redeveloped by 1990–1. A total of 1 604 rental flats were completed in Phase 4 of Wang Tau Hom Estate and Phase 3 of Tung Tau Estate, and a further 5 865 rental flats are scheduled for completion in 1988 in Phase 5 of Wang Tau Hom Estate, Phases 4B and 5 of Tung Tau Estate, Phase 2 of Lei Cheng Uk Estate and Phase 3 of Tai Wo Hau Estate.