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Friday, December 29, 1972
Commenting on the shopkeepers' claim that they were given market
stalls instead, the spokesman pointed out that those were shop units in the
commercial complex of Pak Tin with a wider frontage than their existing shops
in Shek Kip Mei.
He reiterated it was not possible to allow the shop tenants to return
This was because the
to their shops in Shek Kip Mei after the conversion.
population density would have to be reduced and the smaller population would
not be able to sustain the existing number of shops.
About half of the 44 shop tenants involved in the first phase have
applied for reprovisioning. The closing date for application is Wednesday,
January 3, 1973.
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