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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1975
MORE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN KWAI SHING ESTATE
THIS YEAR *******
KWAI SHING ESTATE, WHICH IS ALREADY HOUSING SOME 35,000 PEOPLE, WILL HAVE ITS POPULATION DOUBLED IN 18 MONTHS TIME.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD STAGES OF THIS PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IS IN PROGRESS.
ONE OF THE TEN MULTI-STOREY BLOCKS BEING BUILT UNDER THESE TWO PHASES WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN ABOUT JULY AND TWO OTHERS BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE ESTATE WILL HAVE ITS OWN COMMERCIAL CENTRE. COMPRISING A RESTAURANT, A CAFE, A SUPERMARKET, A DEPARTMENT STORE AND A LARGE NUMBER OF SHOPS.
ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE, FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED
ON COMPLETION IN SEPTEMBER 1976, KWAI SHING ESTATE WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATE IN THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
UNDER THE TEN-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TO BUILD FOUR OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN THE NEW TOWN AND SEVERAL MORE ON TSING YI ISLAND. THESE HOUSING ESTATES WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE.
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