ENG-1988 — Page 215

178

HOUSING

of building works expected early next year. Together, the two phases will provide 3 060 rental and 1 400 Home Ownership flats.

Phases I and II of Siu Sai Wan are progressing on schedule and, when completed in 1989, will provide 4 090 rental flats. A further 1 600 rental, 660 home ownership, 1 220 flats earmarked for transfer to HOS, and 3 290 PSPS flats, will by 1993 make this a truly comprehensive housing development containing all of the authority's new flat types. The year also saw the completion of Yue On Court (1 960 HOS flats) at Ap Lei Chau and Chai Wan Phase I (2 340 rental flats) on Hong Kong Island.

It was a memorable year for housing developments in central Kowloon with the completion of some 3 530 flats in Chuk Yuen Phases V and VI and another 3 850 flats in Wang Tau Hom and Tung Tau, which completed the major part of the redevelopment of these two estates. Also in the area, work began on Fung Tak Estate Phases I and II, at Diamond Hill North, which will provide around 3 880 flats by 1991.

In western Kowloon, work was completed on the Sham Shui Po Reclamation site, providing 1900 rental flats on the former harbour area and, in east Kowloon, the site formation for further rental and HOS phases to Lam Tin Estate continued with completion proposed for late 1990. When formed, the complete site will be developed to provide 5 290 rental and 1 400 HOS flats.

Housing in New Towns, Rural Townships and Outlying Islands

In Sha Tin, Yiu On Estate Phases I and II (Stage I) were completed providing 1 550 rental flats. Still under construction as part of the same overall development are Phase II (Stage II) and Kam Hay Court HOS Phase III which, when complete, will add a further 1 840 rental and 1 050 home ownership flats to the development. Other projects planned for the future in Areas 75, 90, 100, 103 and 108 of Ma On Shan, will, by 1995, have added nearly 11 000 rental, 5 250 home ownership and 6 510 PSPS flats to the housing stock of that area.

The developments in north Tsing Yi Island progressed on schedule with Stage I of Cheung On Estate Phase II (2 020 rental flats) being completed and Stage II (1 890 rental flats) being due for completion in early 1989. Cheung Fat Estate, which is also due for completion in early 1989 will, when finished, provide 2 550 rental flats, with a further 820 flats being earmarked for transfer to HOS. The Cheung Fat Shopping Centre, one of the largest so far built by the authority, will be completed in early 1989. It contains an integral indoor recreation centre as well as a twin mini-cinema. The final phase of Ching Tai Court HOS was handed over during the year, providing a further 1 540 home ownership flats within this comprehensive development of north Tsing Yi. The nearby Cheung Hang Estate Phases I and II were under construction (2 860 flats), while the site-formation for Phase III will be completed in 1990. Also handed over during the year was Phase II of Tsing Yi Estate, providing 1 600 rental flats.

In the Tuen Mun area, 2 650 rental flats were completed at Leung King Estate Phase I, and construction of more rental flats was underway in Phase III of the same estate (3 920 flats) and also Phases IV and V of Tin King Estate (3 800 flats) and Kin Sang Phases I and II (3 980 flats). Two-thousand-one-hundred HOS flats were under construction at San Wai Court while the three stages of site formation at Tuen Mun Area 14 were made ready for development in three phases, each consisting of 1 400 home ownership flats to be completed in 1993. A total of 2 210 PSPS flats were under construction in Tuen Mun Area 5, to be followed in 1992 by a further 5 000 flats to be built on the recently completed site formation at So Kwun Wat.