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CLEARANCE OF PING YANG SAN CHUEN SQUATTER AREA POSTPONED
LAST NIGHT'S FIRE WON'T AFFECT ENTITLEMENTS
The proposed clearance of the Ping Yang San Chuen squatter area in Wong Tai Sin in September has been postponed to October 16.
This was stated in the reply to the villagers' petition to the
Governor, which was handed to them today (Friday),
The clearance is to make way for the building of the Lung Cheung
Road/Po Kong Village Road interchange.
A spokesman for the Housing Department gave an assurance that
despite the fire last night residents' entitlement will not be affected
in any way,
The clearance will involve some.
mastures of which 383 are
tolerated.
A total of 1,773 people from 432 families have been offered public
housing in Lam Tin or Sau Mau Ping Estates and 435 people from 118 families
who are not eligible for public housing have been offered sites at Kowloon
Bay Licensed Area to set up their new homes.
More than 85 per cent of the domestic residents have been allocated
public housing or licensed area sites and the rest are now being processed.
There are also 82 factories and 22 shops operating in the area
of which 46 of the former are eligible for ex-gratia allowance or
re-accommodation and eight of the latter qualified for ex-gratia allowance.
As of today, 19 factories have accepted re-accommodation at
Six of the eight
Kowloon Bay Factory Estate and five ex-gratia allowance.
shop operatore eligible for compensation have also received theirs.
Those not .....