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Kwun Lung Lau

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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.

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Kwun Lung Lau
Lung Wah Street, Hong Kong Island Kennedy Town (Central and Western District)

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D座 Block D

Lung Wah Street
Hong Kong Island, Kennedy Town (Central and Western District, Kwun Lung Lau)
Hong Kong, China
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