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Thursday, August 2, 1973
FLATTED FACTORY ACCOMMODATION IN KWUN TONG
The Housing Department has warned 27 operators in Housing
Authority flatted factory units in the Kwun Tong Estate that they must vacate by November 15 the additional premises let to them on temporary terms.
The operators are among 63 proprietors who in 1968 were granted
extra units for manufacturing or storage purposes when there was a
surplus of flatted factory space.
They rented the extra units on the clear understanding that the tenancy was temporary on a month-to-month basis and that the units had to be given back at one month's notice if they were needed.
In 1970, as pressure on available government flatted factory space grew, the units were needed for other factories that had to be cleared and notices to quit were served on all the operators who rented
extra units on temporary terms.
But they refused to go and started a round of petitions to TMELCO
and to the Governor.
To assist the operators, the deadline was extended several times
and the majority of them subsequently moved out. The 27 who remain have now been served with a letter from the Housing Department naming
November 15 as the date by which they must vacate.
/Mr. R. Husband,