FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1975
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CHAI WAN COTTAGE AREA RESIDENTS OFFERED HOUSING
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING TO ONE HUNDRED FAMILIES LIVING IN SECTION 3, EPWORTH VILLAGE, CHAI WAN COTTAGE AREA.
THE OFFER WAS THE RESULT OF A RECENT SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF WHICH FOUND THAT MOST OF THE STRUCTURAL EXTENSIONS WERE PARTIALLY UNSOUND.
LETTERS WERE DELIVERED BY HAND THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING TO TENANTS OF COTTAGE NOS. 1 TO 100, EXPLAINING THE POSSIBLE DANGER.
+PUBLIC HOUSING ACCOMMODATION WILL BE OFFERED TO TENANTS EITHER IN THE NEARBY CHAI WAN ESTATE IF THERE ARE CASUAL VACANCIES, OR IN ONE OF THE NEWER ESTATES IN KOWLOON, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SAID.
AFFECTED TENANTS SHOULD APPLY FOR REHOUSING AT THE CHAI WAN COTTAGE AREA OFFICE, BRINGING WITH THEM THEIR OCCUPATION PERMIT, HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD AND THE BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION IS APRIL 11.