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Tuesday, October 3, 1972
The Lan Nai Wan people will have no chance of continuing village
life in future and expanding their village in the normal way as all their
village land will be submerged by the reservoir.
The Sha Tsui people, however, will be able to continue village
life even after the completion of the reservoir, as they may move back
to their original village, Long Ke.
Furthermore, the High Island Water
Sehome is likely to leave Long Ke much more accessible.
Under the terms for removal the villagers of both groups will
be treated the same in most respects but, since the water scheme will
spell the end of village life for one group but not the other, some distinction
between their removal terms is clearly justified.
All the families affected will be provided with flats in rehousing
blocks at Sai Kung town to replace not only accommodation lost in the
reservoir but also to some extent means of livelihood lost. The 15 or so
Sha Tsui families will between them receive more than 40 flats.
In addition, a cash allowance of $10,000 will be paid by the
Government for every flat or shop unit to cover the cost of fitting out
and decorating.
The basic difference between the terms of the two groups is
that while the Lan Nai Wan families ll receive ground floor shop units,
roughly one per family, in addition to their flats, the Sha Tsui
families will only receive flats.
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