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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1976
WHILE THE RESIDENTS OF BLOCK 9 AND 15 OF SAU MAU PING
ESTATE WERE THE MOST AFFECTED, APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO OTHERS WHO SUFFERED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS ELSEWHERE IN HONG KONG, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
SO FAR, A SUM OF $300,000 FROM THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TO HELP WITH CROP AND OTHER LOSSES.
DOMESTIC TENANTS OF TWO SHAM SHUI PO BUILDINGS TO GET $333,200 IN EX-GRATIA
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FORTY-SIX DOMESTIC TENANTS WHO WILL RECEIVE A TOTAL OF $333,200 IN EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION HAVE BEGUN MOVING OUT OF TAI ON MANSION AND FROM NOS. 205 AND 205A SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, SHAM SHUI PO.
BOTH BUILDINGS MUST BE VACATED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH TO MAKE WAY FOR ESSENTIAL TUNNELLING WORK FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY : +DOMESTIC TENANTS ARE ALREADY MOVING OUT OF BOTH BUILDINGS, MOST OF THEM INTO NEW HOMES IN GOVERNMENT HOUSING ESTATES,
+AS THEY SIGN AGREEMENTS TO VACATE THE IR FLATS THEY ARE RECEIVING 50 PER CENT OF THEIR EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION IN ADVANCE, AND THE BALANCE ON ACTUALLY LEAVING THE PREMISES.
+THE PAYMENT OF EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TO DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS OF SUCH POST-WAR BUILDINGS AS THESE, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR ESSENTIAL PUBLIC WORKS, WAS DECIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN JUNE THIS YEAR AS A WAY TO HELP SUCH PEOPLE WITH REMOVAL EXPENSES AND TO HELP THEM MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOMES.+
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT ALL DOMESTIC TENANTS OF BOTH BUILDINGS WERE BEING OFFERED EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION OF $20 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR ACCOMMODATION USED FOR LIVING PREMISES, AND SLIGHTLY LESS FOR OTHER PARTS OF THEIR FLATS SUCH AS BALCONIES, PASSAGEWAYS, KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS.
TENANTS OF LARGER FLATS WERE RECEIVING EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION
OF MORE THAN $12,000, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ONLY ONE DOMESTIC TENANT OF TAI ON MANSION AND FIVE DOMESTIC TENANTS OF THE NEARBY BUILDING IN SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET HAD YET TO SIGN AGREEMENTS TO MOVE, AND ALL WERE EXPECTED TO DO SO WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
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