No. of People Resettled
NIL
(a) Ex-tenants of dangerous buildings (rent advance
scheme)
(b) Compassionate cases
(c) Certain victims of natural disasters
(d) Cottage area clearances
(e) Resite/licensed area clearances
(ƒ) Squatter area development clearances (g) Boat squatters
...
...
2,684
2,727
1,524
734
...
18,277
...
8,136
...
5,789
166
...
40,037
11,315
Grand total resettled or reaccommodated
...
51,352
(h) Fire break clearances
•
(i) Clearance of pavement huts
Total resettled
...
•
申申串
...
(j) Relief of overcrowding in old estates
53. A total of 123 factories, 83 workshops and 439 shops was cleared, and allocated 136 units in resettlement factories and 318 shop or workshop premises in domestic estates. The details are as follows:
(a) Factories
No. of factories resettled...
No. of factories resettled subject to change of trade No. of factories ineligible for resettlement
No. of eligible factories refusing resettlement
48
***
40
35
...
Total number of factories cleared
123
•
(b) Shops/Workshops
No. of shops/workshops resettled
No. of shops/workshops ineligible for resettlement
Total
291
...
...
231
522
54. The figures in paragraph 52 are considerably less than those in previous years. The main reasons for this have already been noted in paragraph 16. The biggest operation during the year was the clearance of Tai Wo Hau licensed area for the construction of a Government Low-Cost Housing estate: 12,957 people were resettled from this area. Other notable clearances were for the Shing Mun River Flood Control Scheme in Sha Tin, the Aberdeen Sports Ground, the extension of Tai Kok Tsui Road and various clearances for the development of Castle Peak New Town.
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