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Tuesday, March 26, 1974
RESUMPTION OF LAND FOR SHING ON PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE
At least half of the 5,000 people living in villages in northern
Tsuen Wan have agreed to the terms offered by the government to resume
their land for building the Shing On Public Housing Estate. The others
are expected to do so during this week.
A spokesman for the District Office, Tsuen Wan, said today all the
land-owners in that area were sent a letter from the District Commissioner,
New Territories, last December giving them the option to surrender their
land voluntarily to the government,
"Under the terms of this letter after such voluntary surrender
they would hold a land exchange entitlement enabling them to apply
for new land in any layout area of the New Territories," he said.
The spokesman added that although the land will be reverted to
the Crown on April 2, the actual clearance of the area will take place
over the next few months and there is, therefore, no question of people
being evicted immediately on that date.
This has been explained to representatives of people in the
area and a leaflet has also been distributed giving the reasons for the
clearance and in general terms the entitlements of people living and
working in the arca.
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