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TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1975

LEK YUEN ESTATE READY FOR OCCUPATION SOON

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LEK YUEN ESTATE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S FIRST PUDLIC HOUSING IN SHA TIN WILL DE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN A FEW WEEKS AND ITS FIRST TENANTS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN EARLY NEXT MOUTH.

AN ESTATE OFFICE HAS JUST BEEN SET UP AND THE STAFF ARE BUSY IN ARRANGING FOR THE INTAKE OF NEW TENANTS.

INITIALLY, ABOUT 100 FLATS IN DLOCK 7 OF THE ESTATE WILL DE LET.

THE PROCESS WILL CONTINUE WHEN MORE UNITS IN THE SAME BLOCK AND IN ADJOINING BLOCK 6 DECOME AVAILABLE.

LEK YUEN, WHICH IS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION AND NOT FAR FROM THE SHA TIN END OF THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF OVER 20,000 PEOPLE ON COMPLETION I 1975.

THE FIRST TWO BLOCKS WILL PROVIDE 1,150 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR ADOUT 7,400 PEOPLE.

FIVE OTHER MULTI-STOREY BLOCKS PROVIDING 3,000 MORE UNITS FOR 15,500 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO DE COMPLETED DEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE ESTATE WILL HAVE ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. THERE WILL BE KINDERGARTENS AND SCHOOLS, WELFARE CENTRES, CLINICS, POST OFFICE, FIRE STATION, POLICE POST, PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AND A LARGE COMMERCIAL CENTRE.

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