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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY AN
PRESS RELEASE
香港房屋委員會
新聞稿
Wednesday, 28, July 1976.
CLEARANCE OF OLD LICENSED AREAS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY
The Authority's decision to clear all old licensed areas
which have no proper electricity and house water supplies is now in progress and by early next year nearly 9,000 people will be
accommodated in public housing estates,
Lei Muk Shue and part of Sam Ka Chuen licensed areas
had already been cleared. Now in process of being cleared are the Ex Rifle Range, Hong Ning Road, Kowloon Bay (East) and Ma Chai Hang
licensed areas.
The others, including Chai Wan Hill, Fu Tau Wat, Pak Fuk Road, Nam Hang, balance of San Ka Chuen, will also be cleared between now and early next year and tenants housed in public housing estates,
A spokesman for the Housing Department today (Wednesday) categorically denied that insufficient notice of removal had been
given to tenants.
"It is the normal practice to give three months' notice so that tenants are well aware of their impending removal. This also gives our staff time to look into their particular needs," the spokesman said.
The department, he added, was quite aware of the many problems involved and would do its utmost to assist tenants.
However, demands from single person families for their own flat definitely cannot be entertained. They shall need to share accommodation with others. For couples and two-member families, the department will make every effort to house them in small flats in older
estates.
Other families, depending on their circumstances, may also be offered low-rent flats. In the current clearance of the Ex-Rifle Range, Hong Ning Road, Kowloon Bay (East) and Ma Chai Hang licensed areas, 95 families have been offered low rent flats in various estates