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The spokesman urged those who have still not applied to send in their
applications before the closing date.
He said that it was in their own interest to apply early as the
time for the final evacuation of the blocks in the current phase has been
set on February 26, 1973.
Meanwhile, some shop tenants have filed another letter to the
Resettlement Department asking to retain their shops after conversion.
A reply has been given to them telling them that the previous decision
not to allow the shop tenants to remain in situ after conversion must stand.
The spokesman reiterated that it would be impossible to allow shop
tenants to remain in situ because the future population of the redeveloped
Shek Kip Mei would be reduced to about half of the present size and this
reduced population would not be able to sustain the existing number of shops.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,424 tenancies at Pak Tin Estate have been
let and about 600 families have moved into their new accommodation.
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