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Address 20 Lung Wah St, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Similar Shek Kip Mei Estate Car Park, Hoi Lai Estate, Un Chau Estate, Hung Hom Estate, Lok Man Sun Chuen Car Park | ||
Kwun lung lau
Kwun Lung Lau (觀龍樓) is a public housing estate in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong. It is one of the first public housing developments in Hong Kong, built in 1967 to alleviate a housing crisis in the territory. It is on 20 Lung Wah Street.
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It consists of seven buildings, namely Block A - G. The overall shape was that of a snaking dragon, and hence its name which means Watching Dragon Building in Chinese.
Kwun Lung Lau is also famous for a landslide on 23 July 1994 that killed five people and injured three. Leaking water and heavy rain had built up behind a masonry retaining wall, which was too thin, and subsequently collapsed. This disaster caused a major review of slope safety in Hong Kong.
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