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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1975.
FIRST PHASE OF LEK YUEN ESTATE NEARING COMPLETION
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THE FIRST TWO BLOCKS OF THE LEK YUEN ESTATE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S TEN ESTATES TO BE BUILT IN SHA TIN UNDER THE TEN-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
THESE BLOCKS WILL OFFER SOME 1,150 SELF-CONTAINED UNITS FOR 7,400 PEOPLE.
MEANWHILE, THE APPLICATIONS SECTION OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS SCREENING THE WAITING LIST FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR INTAKE IN APRIL.
LEK YUEN ESTATE, WHICH IS WITHIN A STONE'S THROW OF THE SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION AND NOT FAR AWAY FROM THE SHA TIN END OF THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF 23,000 WHEN FULLY COMPLETED IN EARLY 1976.
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RENTS FOR THE ESTATE WILL BE CHARGED AT 63 CENTS PER SQUARE -- ABOUT HALF OF THAT CHARGED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THE MONTHLY RENTAL FOR A FIVE-PERSON FLAT OF 255 SQUARE FEET WILL BE $160, A SEVEN-PERSON FLAT OF 323 SQUARE FEET $200 AND A NINE-TO-TWELVE-PERSON FLAT OF 403 SQUARE FEET $250.
NOTE TO EDITORS
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE LEK YUEN ESTATE ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE G.1.S. PRESS ROOM.
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