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Wednesday, January 17, 1973
2,300 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY RENEWAL SCHEME HAVE TAKEN UP PUBLIC HOUSING
A total of 369 families, comprising 2,300 people, affected by the
Western District Urban Renewal Scheme, have accepted public housing and 209
families or 1,300 people have already moved in.
In reply to a question by the Hon. Wilfred Wong at today's meeting
of the Legislative Council, the Secretary for Housing, Mr. I.M. Lightbody,
said that a further 125 families comprising 700 people declined the offer
of public housing.
He said the renewal scheme, involving some 1,800 families, or 12,000
people, was "definitely to go ahead as originally conceived."
**This leaves," he added, "some 1,300 families, or about 9,000 persons,
still to be offered rehousing as and when Government acquires their properties
for clearance."
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