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THE QUEEN, ACCOMPANIED BY MR PANG, THEN WALKED THROUGH THE CENTRAL PIAZZA OF THE ESTATE, WHICH WAS THRONGED WITH FLAG-WAVING SCHOOL CHILDREN AND LOCAL RESIDENTS EAGER FOR A SIGHT OF THE ROYAL VISITOR. SOME 3 000 PRIMARY STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS IN LUNG HANG ESTATE AND NEARBY SUN TSU ESTATE HAD BEEN GIVEN SPECIAL VANTAGE POINTS. OTHER RESIDENTS CROWDED THE PIAZZA, COOKED FOOD STALLS AND BALCONIES OF THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE.
AFTER VISITING THE TUNG FAMILY IN THEIR FLAT, THE QUEEN WAS PRESENTED WITH A COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR TODD.
THE ROYAL PARTY LEFT BY CAR FOR THE TWO-MILE JOURNEY TO THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN PLAZA.
LUNG HANG ESTATE WAS CHOSEN FOR THE QUEEN'S VISIT BECAUSE IT IS A TYPICAL MIX OF RENTED HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS. COVERING 11.3 HECTARES, IT WAS BUILT IN THREE PHASES AND WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY 1984 AT A TOTAL COST OF $478 MILLION.
A TOTAL OF 26 000 PEOPLE LIVE IN THE ESTATE'S 12 HOUSING BLOCKS WHICH COMPRISE MORE THAN 5 700 FLATS, 1 400 OF WHICH WERE SOLD UNDER THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME.
KING TIN COURT, WHERE THE TUNG FAMILY LIVES, HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF 6 000 PEOPLE.