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CASH RELIEF FOR SAU MAU PING COMMERCIAL TENANTS
Commercial tenants who suffered loss of stock in the Sau Mau
Ping landslide last month were handed their ex-gratia grants from the
Emergency Relief Fund this (Monday) morning.
The Fund Committee approved last week a grant of $15,000 to
each of the eight bays in Block 9 and $500 to each of the 34 market stalls.
The total sum came to $137,000.
The Housing Authority at the same time also handed to the market
stall operators cheques ranging from $600 to $4,800 as ex-gratia payment
equal to the rents paid in the last two years as their stalls had to be
demolished on August 25 as a precautionary measure against further landslides.
In presenting the cheques, Mr. Fung Tung, Assistant Director,
Housing Department, said :
"The Housing Authority and the Committee of the Emergency Relief
Fund hope that these sums will assist you in re-establishing your business",
All the affected market stall operators can apply for new
tenancies of any vacant stalls of similar sizes that are available in
Sau Mau Ping or at Lam Tin estates, without payment of premium.
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For those who do not wish to re-open their business on new sites
an ex-gratia payment equal to the full rent paid by them since their
tenancies commenced three or four years ago will be granted.
will be given as soon as they have signified their intention to the Housing
Department.
This money