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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1977
NEW HOUSES FOR SHAM TSENG VILLAGERS
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ABOUT 200 SHAM TSENG VILLAGERS WILL SOON BE MOVING INTO THE IR NEW VILLAGE HOUSES BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE FINAL PHASE OF A $10.5 MILLION VILLAGE REMOVAL SCHEME.
THE IR OLD VILLAGE HOUSES HAVE TO GO TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VIADUCT ACROSS THE SHAM TSENG VALLEY AS PART OF THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY PROJECT. IN ADDITION, PART OF THE VILLAGE AREA IS EARMARKED FOR A PERMANENT MARKET.
IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR OLD HOUSES, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BUILT A TOTAL OF 60 THREE-STOREY MODERN HOUSES IN THE NEARBY AREA, AT A COST OF ABOUT $130,000 EACH.
EIGHTEEN WERE COMPLETED LAST YEAR, UNDER THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SCHEME, FOR ABOUT 100 VILLAGERS ALONGSIDE THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
ANOTHER 42 HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED ON THE HILLSIDE ABOVE THE VILLAGE COMMANDING A GOOD SEAVIEW. THEY WERE BUILT ON TERRACES, SITE FORMATION FOR WHICH COST $2 MILLION.
ASSISTANT TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER (LAND PROJECT), MR. TOM POON, SAID TODAY THE VILLAGERS WERE HAPPY TO BE PROVIDED WITH THE NEW HOUSES WHICH HAD ALL THE BASIC FACILITIES OF A NEW HOME.
+THEY ARE NOW HAVING THEIR NEW HOMES DECORATED AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, HE SAID.
MR. POON SAID THE VILLAGERS HAD BEEN GIVEN A SPECIAL ALLOWANCE OF $6,500 TO HELP MEET REMOVAL AND DECORATION EXPENSES.
EACH HOUSE, HE SAID, HAS A TOTAL FLOOR SPACE OF 2,100 SQUARE FEET - 700 SQUARE FEET ON EACH FLOOR COMPLETE WITH KITCHEN AND BATHROOM FACILITIES AND BUILT-IN ELECTRICAL WIRING.
+BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS HAVE A BALCONY. ADDITION, THE SECOND FLOOR IS PARTITIONED INTO ONE LIVING ROOM AND TWO BEDROOMS WITH BUILT-IN WARDROBES, HE SAID.
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