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Kwun Lung Lau 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.
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. [1]
According to the 2016 population by-census,Kwun Lung Lau has a population of 6,069. 97% of the population is Chinese. Median monthly domestic household income is HK$ 17,000. [2]
Kwun Lung Lau is located in Kwun Lung constituency of the Central and Western District Council. [3] It was formerly represented by Fergus Leung Fong-wai,who was elected in the 2019 elections until April 2021. [4]
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