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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1977
BETTER HOUSING FOR YUEN CHAU TSAI SQUATTERS
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YUEN CHAU TSAI SQUATTERS IN TAI PO WILL BE MOVING FROM THE IR SQUATTER AREA OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS INTO MODERN PUBLIC OR TEMPORARY HOUSING.
THE IR PHASED REMOVAL IS TO ENABLE WORK TO START ON A DIVERSION RIVER CHANNEL AND AN INTERCHANGE THAT FORM PART OF A $250 MILLION TRUNK ROAD LINKING SHA TIN AND TAI PO.
THE TRUNK ROAD WILL EVENTUALLY GO NORTH TO JOIN YUEN LONG, FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI PROVIDING A FAST VEHICULAR ROUTE ALONG THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE FIRST PHASE REMOVAL INVOLVING 96 FAMILIES IS SCHEDULED TO
MOST OF THEM WILL GO TO THE NEARBY TAKE PLACE IN MID-DECEMBER. YUE KOK TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, AND THE REST TO WO CHE ESTATE IN SHA TIN,
TO HELP THE SQUATTERS, THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE HAS PRODUCED A LEAFLET WHICH OUTLINES WHAT ASSISTANCE CONCERNING REMOVALS THEY CAN OBTAIN FROM THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THIS MORNING, HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF, ASSISTED BY DISTRICT OFFICE OFFICIALS, HANDED OUT THE LEAFLETS TO THE SQUATTERS.
THE LEAFLET LISTS THE OFFICE ADDRESSES OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN TAI PO WHICH ARE READY TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER.
THE YUEN CHAU TSAI SQUATTERS, DEPENDING ON THE IR ELIGIBILITY, WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN WO CHE ESTATE IN SHA TIN AND TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN, OR A SPACE IN THE YUE KOK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA.
WHEN PHASE ONE OF THE TAI YUEN ESTATE IN TAI PO IS READY BY 1930, PEOPLE LIVING IN THE YUE KOK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA WILL MOVE TO THE NEW ESTATE,
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO PAY EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TO ELIGIBLE SHOPS, WORKSHOPS AND CULTIVATORS.
BRANCH OFFICES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE AND LABOUR DEPARTMENTS IN TA PO ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADVICE ON FAMILY SERVICES AND SOCIAL SECURITY MATTERS, AS WELL AS ON LOCAL JOE OPPORTUNITIES.
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