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Tin King Estate is still underway. For the Home Ownership Scheme, 2 100 flats at San Wai Court of Tuen Mun Area 1 were completed by the end of 1989. Piling work began on the Tuen Mun Area 14 Phase 1 HOS. The other two phases will be started in 1990. The three phases will contribute 4 200 HOS flats by 1993. As for the PSPS, the Affluence Garden at Tuen Mun Area 5, which has 2 208 flats, was completed in 1989. Two more PSPS projects, one at So Kwun Wat and the other at Tuen Mun Area 45, will provide 5 000 and 3 000 flats in 1994 and in 1995.

The four phases of Tai Wo Estate at Tai Po were completed. Of the total number of flats produced, 6 389 are rental units and 2 448 are for sale under the HOS. Projects under construction at Tai Po include Wan Tau Tong and Tai Po Area 8. The former will provide 3 520 rental flats, 700 HOS flats, and a further 1 224 flats earmarked for transfer to HOS, while the latter will provide 5 792 rental flats and 2 040 flats earmarked for HOS. These two projects will be completed in 1991 and 1992. North of Tai Po, the project completed in Fanling this year includes Tai Ping Estate (1 429 rental flats). Site formation at Fanling Areas 18, 39A, 46 and 47B is ongoing. Building construction at Tin Ping Phase 3 (714) rental flats) and Wah Ming Phases 1 and 2 (5 340 rental flats) are scheduled for completion in 1990.

Site formation for Tin Yiu and Tin Shui Estates at Tin Shui Wai was completed. Building work was due to begin on Tin Yiu Phase 1, while the piling work for other phases of this estate was well in hand. Progress at Tin Shui Estate is generally on schedule. The - building contracts of all four phases will begin in 1990. Tin Yiu and Tin Shui Estates, when completed in 1992–3, will provide a total of 16 422 rental flats and 3 040 flats earmarked for transfer to HOS.

Projects at Junk Bay are also progressing satisfactorily with contracts on Po Lam Phase 3 (2 568 rental flats), Ying Ming Court (1 750 HOS flats), and Tsui Lam Phase 2 (816 rental flats) completed during the year. Construction of 1 605 rental flats at King Lam Phase 1 is nearing completion, and is progressing on Phases 2, 3 and 4. A total of 5 160 rental flats will be provided by these four phases. The Fu Ning Garden PSPS project, providing 2 450 flats, is scheduled for completion in 1990.

For the outlying islands, the proposed rural public housing projects at Cheung Chau and Peng Chau are still in their planning stages. Piling work for Lung Tin Phase 2 at Tai O, Lantau, will begin early in 1990.

Redevelopment

Between 1954 and 1964, 12 Mark I and Mark II estates, comprising 240 blocks, were constructed to house victims of natural disasters and squatters displaced by development clearances. These estates provided only basic accommodation with community and social facilities which are not up to the present standard. A redevelopment programme was launched in 1972 to improve the living environment of some 84 000 families in these

estates.

In 1983, the government decided to step up the redevelopment programme, so that by 1990-1 the living conditions of all the remaining Mark I-II estates tenants could be improved.

During 1989, 14 old blocks were evacuated to make way for new buildings, leaving 58 Mark I-II blocks to be redeveloped by 1990–1.

The rehousing work of the extended redevelopment programme which was started in 1985 was completed in 1989. The programme involved the clearance of 26 sub-standard blocks in 11 middle-aged estates and all 15 100 affected families were rehoused.