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Thursday, January 3, 1974
$55,000 DISTRIBUTED TO KOWLOON TSAI FIRE VICTIMS
Cash allowance totalling $55,000 was paid out today (Thursday) to
550 victims of the Christmas Day fire at the Kowloon Tsai Squatter Area,
who have been offered public housing units at either Kwai Fong or Lam
Tin Estate.
The grants, $100 for each person, were given out from the Emergency
Relief Fund to enable them to re-equip their new homes.
Another 700 people who have also been offered public housing will
receive their share tomorrow at the Squatter Control Office at Li Cheng
Uk Estato.
Payments of re-accommodation and re-equipment grants will also
be made at the same office to 139 people who are only eligible for licensed
area sitos. Site allocation for them will be carried out on Tuesday (January 8).
Today, some of the families who have been offered public housing
moved into Lam Tin and Kwai Fong Estates. Others will move into the two
estates next weck when intake commences on Monday.
Meanwhile, Housing Department staff are processing the claims of
the victims of the Ma Tsai Hang fire last Tuesday.
Screening of the 376 victims for intake into public housing will
begin next Monday. Another 27 people who are eligible for resite accommodation
will be allowed to ro-erect their huts on the site when it has been cleared.
Cash allowance from the Emergency Relief Fund will be paid out to
them in the middle of next week.
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