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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1976
TODAY, MOST OF THE PAINTING WAS COMPLETED AND WORK STARTED ON FITTING IN THE WINDOW PANES AND OTHER. FIXTURES.
THE WHOLE ESTATE IS ABOUT 90 PER CENT COMPLETE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY FINISHED IN APRIL.
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IT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE A TOTAL POPULATION OF ABOUT 22,600 PEOPLE.
IT WILL BE SERVED BY TWO ESTATE SCHOOLS, A WELFARE HALL, A MARKET, RESTAURANT AND LARGE OPEN SPACES FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
OVER $300,000 PAID OUT TO FIRE VICTIMS
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MORE THAN $308,000 WAS PAID OUT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE ALDRICH BAY FIRE TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE MONEY HAS BEEN DONATED BY PUBLIC-SPIRITED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANISATIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SAID.
PAYMENTS BEGAN AT 11 A.M. TODAY AT THE SALESIAN SCHOOL IN CHAI WAN ROAD. BY 3.30 P.M..
BY 3.30 P.M., 3,083 PEOPLE HAD EACH RECEIVED $100.
TO HELP SPEED UP THE CASH DISTRIBUTION, MORE THAN 100 STAFF MEMBERS OF THE HOME AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS WERE MOBILISED AND SOME TEN DISTRIBUTION CENTRES WERE SET UP.
THE POLICE AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS HELPED TO KEEP ORDER AND FACILITATE THE DISTRIBUTION WORK.
MOST OF THE FIRE VICTIMS HAD COLLECTED THEIR MONEY BY NOON. A SMALL NUMBER HOWEVER HAD NOT YET FOUND TIME TO COLLECT THEIRS BY LATE AFTERNOON.
THEY CAN DO SO BY CALLING AT THE SHAU KEI WAN CDO SUB-OFFICE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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