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EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION FOR LIVING ACCOMMODATION FOR DOMESTIC TENANTS OF RESUMED POST-WAR BUILDINGS
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THE EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION TO BE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DOMESTIC TENANTS OF POST-WAR BUILDINGS RESUMED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES WILL RANGE FROM $17 TO $22 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR LIVING ACCOMMODATION, DEPENDING ON THE AGE AND LOCATION OF THE PREMISES AFFECTED.
THESE RATES ARE BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF TENANCY INQUIRY BUREAU AWARDS IN RESPECT OF PRE-WAR PREMISES.
THEY WILL ALSO RECEIVE EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION, BUT AT A REDUCED RATE PER SQUARE FOOT, FOR KITCHENS, TOILETS, BALCONIES AND STORAGE AREAS, PROVIDED THESE ARE NOT SHARED WITH OTHER FAMILIES.
COMMERCIAL TENANTS WILL BE PAID EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION RANGING FROM $34 TO $44 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THEIR BUSINESS AREA, AND A REDUCED RATE FOR COCKLOFTS, TOILETS AND STORAGE SPACE.
+THIS EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS OF POST-WAR BUILDINGS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES CAME INTO FORCE ON JUNE 10, 1976,+ SAID A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY.
+ IT WILL BE PAID IN TWO LUMP SUMS TO DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS AFFECTED - 50 PER CENT IN ADVANCE WHEN THEY SIGN AGREEMENTS TO LEAVE THEIR PREMISES, AND THE OTHER 50 PER CENT AFTER THEY VACATE THE PREMISES.+
AMONG THE FIRST PEOPLE TO GET THESE EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION PAYMENTS WILL BE TENANTS OF A TENEMENT BLOCK IN SHEK KU LUNG ROAD, KOWLOON CITY, WHICH MUST BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR A MUCH- NEEDED FLYOVER TO KAITAK AIRPORT.
THESE PREMISES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MEASURED BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT AND DETAILS OF EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO ALL TENANTS ARE NOW BEING CALCULATED AND WILL BE PASSED ON TO THEM AS SOON AS THEY ARE FINALISED.
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EXPLAINING THE TIME NEEDED TO CALCULATE THESE AMOUNTS THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT VARIOUS CLAIMS HAD BEEN MADE BY PRINCIPAL TENANTS, TENANTS AND SUB-TENANTS OF SOME PREMISES AND THESE HAD TO BE FULLY INVESTIGATED AND DECIDED SO THAT IN EACH CASE THE RIGHT PERSON WOULD GET THE COMPENSATION.
ALL TENANTS AND OWNER-OCCUPIERS OF DOMESTIC PREMISES ELIGIBLE UNDER HOUSING AUTHORITY RULES WILL ALSO BE OFFERED RE-HOUSING.
/THE SPOKESMAN