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Thursday, June 29, 1972
The new project at Lei Muk Shu, Kwai Chung, is actually the third
and final stage of the Lei Muk Shu Low Cost Housing Estate, and is planned on a
similar basis to that of the Lek Yuen estate. It will accommodate 18,000
people, a decrease of 3,600 from the original estimate.
As in Lek Yuen, there will be a commercial centre with a department
store and a restaurant, The building will be constructed to allow individual
shopkeepers to instal their own air-conditioners.
Because three adjacent sites have already been allocated for secondary
schools, and these will be sufficient to meet the demands of the area, no
secondary schools are included in the plans,
This,
Market and workshop facilities will largely follow those at Sha Tin,
and there are also plans for an underground car park for 170 vehicles.
together with metered on-street parking, will provide a total of 446 spaces. Bus
and public light bus services will operate to and from the estate.
The project is estimated to cost $75 million and work will begin in
the near future.
In addition to these two Low Cost Housing projects there are several
other estates in the Public Works Programme. The planning and treatment will
vary according to the location of each estate, but the overriding theme will be
to provide a range of facilities and buildings which will enable a self-contained
community to be formed.
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