Water from ten more estates to be tested for lead

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15-07-2015

Anthony CheungOfficials announce the decision to test more housing estates. RTHK photo: Priscilla NgThe government will take water samples from ten more public housing estates in a bid to allay concern over a water contamination scare.

Excessive amounts of lead have been found in water samples taken from Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon City and Kwai Luen Estate in Kwai Chung. Both estates were completed in the past two years.

The Secretary for Housing, Anthony Cheung, said the ten estates chosen for tests were all built after 2013.

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