MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1976
SHA TIN MARKET SHOP OPERATORS TO TAKE UP TENANCIES
IN LEK YUEN ESTATE
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THE TENANCIES OF EIGHT SHOPS IN LEK YUEN ESTATE, RESERVED FOR THE OPERATORS OF BUSINESSES IN SHA TIN MARKET WHICH ARE TO BE CLEARED ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 16), WERE ALLOCATED AT A RESTRICTED TENDER HELD THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
A FURTHER SHOP WAS ALLOCATED AT A SIMILAR TENDER HELD EARLIER THIS MONTH, LEAVING 19 SHOPS STILL TO BE DISPOSED OF.
ALTOGETHER A TOTAL OF 28 SHOP AND RESTAURANT OPERATORS OCCUPYING THE FIRST THREE ROWS OF SHA TIN MARKET ARE AFFECTED BY WEDNESDAY'S CLEARANCE.
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TODAY'S TENDER WAS THE THIRD TO BE ARRANGED. SIX OF THE SHOPS WENT FOR THEIR UPSET PRICES RANGING FROM $15,000 TO $50,000- A METALWARE AND HOUSEHOLD UTENSIL SHOP, WITH AN UPSET PRICE OF $30,000 WENT FOR $40,200 WHILE A CAFE, WITH AN UPSET PRICE OF $46,000 WENT FOR $81,000.
A TOTAL OF 16 PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE TENDER WHICH WAS ARRANGED AT SHORT NOTICE AT THE REQUEST OF THE SHOP OWNERS WHO MADE APPROACHES TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION OVER THE WEEKEND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE N. T.A. SAID THAT SOME OF THE OPERATORS WHO HAD NOT TAKEN UP THEIR TENANCIES TO ESTATE SHOPS WERE PROBABLY INTENDING TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO ASSIGN THEM TO OTHERS.
+THEY RECENTLY ADVERTISED THE AVAILABILITY OF TENANCIES AND ARE AWAITING APPROACHES FROM INTERESTED PARTIES,+ HE ADDED.
OTHERS, HE SAID, HAD VERY LIKELY BOUGHT SHOPS ELSEWHERE AND WOULD NOT TAKE UP TEÑANCIES IN LEK YUEN.
BESIDES THE OFFER OF SHOPS IN LEK YUEN ESTATE, THE 28 SHOPKEEPERS ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION. THOSE OCCUPYING SURVEYED DOMESTIC STRUCTURES ARE ALSO QUALIFIED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID CLEARANCE OF THE MARKET SHOPS WOULD BEGIN EARLY ON WEDNESDAY AND PROBABLY TAKE THREE DAYS TO COMPLETE. HE APPEALED TO THE OCCUPANTS TO VACATE BEFORE WEDNESDAY SO THAT THE CLEARANCE OPERATION, WHICH IS IN CONNECTION WITH THE WIDENING OF TAI PO ROAD AND OTHER NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS, COULD GO AHEAD SMOOTHLY,
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