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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1976
FURTHER CASH DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION BY MISS KO ON REHOUSING THE FIRE VICTIMS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON, IAN LIGHTBODY, SAID ALL THE ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN WAS BEING TAKEN TO REHOUSE THE VICTIMS WITH THE LEAST POSSIBLE DELAY.
HE SAID THE GREAT MAJORITY (ALMOST 400 FAMILIES) HAD EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR THE NEW HING WAH ESTATE, WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD SELECTED TWO BLOCKS OF FLATS FOR EARLY COMPLETION, WITH WORK PROCEEDING ON AN OVERTIME BASIS.
+ IF ALL GOES WELL, AND NO UNFORESEEN DIFFICULTIES EMERGE (REMEMBERING THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS CUTTING MANY CORNERS IN THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION), PRE-LETTING INTERVIEWS WITH APPLICANTS WILL START ON FEBRUARY 23 AND ALL SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO WEEKS,+ MR. LIGHTBODY SAID.
REFERRING TO THE VICTIMS, HE SAID ALMOST 40 FAMILIES HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED PUBLIC FLATS IN KOWLOON AND KWAI CHUNG, AND 70-ODD FAMILIES HAD BEEN ALLOCATED SPACE AT THE NEW CHAI WAN LICENSED AREA, WHERE PART-BUILT STRUCTURES WERE PROVIDED.
ENQUIRIES ARE STILL PROCEEDING INTO ABOUT 20 CASES, WHILE 30-0DD FAMILIES WHICH WERE REGISTERED INITIALLY HAVE SINCE FAILED TO APPEAR.
CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS IN LAI CHI KOK ROAD ******
URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN LAI CHI KOK ROAD BETWEEN TONG MI ROAD AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AT 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 13).
NO VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 10 A.M. AND 4 P.M. AND 7 P.M. ON THIS STRETCH OF ROAD, INCLUDING PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS OR LOADING AND UNLOADING GOODS.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO SHOW WHERE THE CLEARWAY BEGINS AND ENDS.
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