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Thursday, December 14, 1972
HOMES FOR OVER 27,000 PEOPLE
New Housing Estate To Go Up In 1976
More than 27,000 people will be provided with homes in Kwai
Chung when the Lai King Low Cost Housing Estate is completed in 1976.
The estate will comprise seven blocks
and two 22-storey blocks
five 15-storey blocks
providing over 4,000 flats.
The flata will conform to the present requirement of 35 square
fect per individual unit, and will be equipped with private bathrooms and
kitchens.
In planning the estate, consideration must be given to the
condition of the site, which is long and narrow and cut into two halves
north and south
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by the container service flyover.
The site is situated on a series of platforms off Kwai Chung
Road opposite the container terminal which have been formed as part of
the Kwai Chung Development Scheme.
The planners must also take into consideration the proposed
Mass Transit System. If it is implemented, an underground station will
be built in the centre of the estate.
Four blocks have been planned in the northern section of the
site, and due to the terraced landscape, these blocks will be linked at
different levels by bridges.
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