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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY &#BRZA

PRESS RELEASE

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Sunday, July 20, 1975

BLOCKS IN TWO NEW ESTATES WILL BE GIVEN NAMES

Blocks in Housing Authority's Lek Yuen and Lai King Estates will be given names for easy identification.

Lek Yuen, the Authority's first public housing estate in Sha Tin, is gradually taking shape and the first two blocks Luk Chuen House and Sau Chuen House are now partly occupied.

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In-take for these blocks is continuing and about 7,000 people will

be housed by the end of the month,

Five other blocks of the estate are currently under construction, three of them are scheduled for completion in October and the other two in next February.

The estate will accommodate about 23,000 people.

Meanwhile construction of Lai King Estate in the Kwai Chung area is forging ahead and two of its seven blocks should be completed in a couple of weeks' time. The blocks will be named for easy identification,

In-take of the first 6,600 tenants will begin as soon as the blocks are handed over by archetects of the Public Works Department.

The estate, when completed in about June next year, will provide homes for about 27,000 people.

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