Friday, May 25, 1973
PAK TIN ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
The new Pak Tin Estate is now a thriving community with nearly
11,000 people.
The residents, former tenants of the old Shek Kip Mei Estate,
are among the first to benefit by the government's ambitious re-housing
project which aims at bringing about a radical improvement in the living
conditions of more than 500,000 old estate tenants.
More than 30 shops or shop stalls have been opened at the
estate and they are reported to be doing good business.
The second phase of the Shek Kip Mei rehousing operation which
was started at the end of last month is progressing smoothly.
All 800 families affected have already applied to the rehousing
unit for transfer to Pak Tin,
So far about 50 families have been offered flats and another
200 have been interviewed by staff of the Pak Tin Estate office.
It is expected that families involved in the current operation
will start to move to their new homes towards the middle of next month.
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