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Friday, September 21, 1973

NEW ESTATE TO HOUSE 27,000 BY MID-1976

Work on the second and final stage of Lai King Estate in Kwai

Chung, which will provide homes for a further 12,200 people, will start

in two months' time.

Costing over $22 million, this phase involves the construction

of two 15-storey blocks and one 22-storey block for domestic accommodation.

A six-storey estate primary school, a kindergarten, a sub-post

office, a welfare hall, and a number of ground floor shops, open car

parks and recreational grounds are also included in the project.

In addition, there will be a modular market with 40 hawker stalls.

The roof of this market complex will be used as a play deck to provide

additional recreational facilities.

Work on the first stage of the project, which involves the

construction of one 22-storey and three 15-storey domestic blocks together

with affiliated facilities such as a restaurant and two primary schools,

started earlier this month.

The whole estate, when completed in mid-1976, will house 27,000 people

in more than 4,000 flats. All these flats will conform to the present

requirement of 35 square feet per individual unit, and will be equipped with

private bathrooms and kitchens.

Special consideration has also been given to transportation requirements

during the planning of the estate. Sites have been reserved for two bus

sub-termini, public light bus stands, and an underground station for the

proposed mass transit system to ensure easy access to urban areas.

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