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Thursday, March 21, 1974

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NEW COMMUNITY HALL WELFARE COMPLEX FOR TSUEN WAN

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The Social Welfare Department is now inviting voluntary welfare

organizations to apply for space in a community hall and welfare complex

being planned for the Lei Muk Shue Housing Estate in Tsuen Wan.

Unlike previous estates where all welfare services are housed in

a single building, the welfare accommodation for Lei Muk Shue will be

separate.

Those welfare organizations extending their services to this estate

will be accommodated in Blocks 1 and 2. The whole of the ground and 1st floors

of Block 1 and part of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors of Block 2 have been

reserved for this purpose,

Added to this will be a communal hall which is

being built as an annex to the high blocks to complete the complex. The

total area making up this community hall and welfare complex will be nearly

30,000 square feet.

The community hall will be managed by the Social Welfare Department while the welfare promises will be managed by the Housing Department.

Application forms and further information may be obtained from the

Planning and Development Unit of the Social Welfare Department in Leo Gardens,

Hong Kong.

Estate welfare accommodation is planned according to the provision

of one estato welfare building or complex for every 50,000 people.

When completed in 1975 the population of Lei Muk Shue will be 49,000

accommodated in 14 blocks. At the moment eight of these have been completed

and there are now about 30,000 people living there. The other blocks will be

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