Yuen Long Estate

{{Short description|Public housing estate in Hong Kong}}

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Yuen Long Estate ({{zh|t=元朗邨}}) was a public housing estate in Yuen Long Town, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, located to the east of Long Ping station on the MTR.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonxiv/5279486/ Photo of Yuen Long Estate] It was the first public housing estate in Yuen Long.[http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/pdf/education/cd-rom/E_factsheet4.pdf Yuen Long New Town] The estate had five residential blocks built in 1968 that were demolished in 2001.[http://taogate.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/nt-west-public-housing/ Yuen Long Estate (Chinese)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718111344/http://taogate.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/nt-west-public-housing/ |date=July 18, 2011 }}[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr98-99/english/panels/hg/minutes/hg040199.htm Re-housing arrangements for elderly households affected by redevelopment of public housing estates] The site was then turned into an outdoor car park. The site has been rebuilt as two parts—Long Ching Estate, a public housing estate, and Yuccie Square, a private housing estate.[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/aboutus/news/pressreleases/0,,2-0-17482,00.html STH visits Yuen Long and Tuen Mun Districts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416151405/http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/aboutus/news/pressreleases/0,,2-0-17482,00.html |date=April 16, 2008 }}