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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1978
SAME ALLOCATION CRITERIA FOR SQUATTER FACTORIES
AND ESTATE WORKSHOPS
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THE CRITERIA GOVERNING THE ALLOCATION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY FLATTED FACTORY UNITS TO SQUATTER FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS ALREADY IN GOVERNMENT ESTATES ARE THE SAME AND THERE IS NO PRIORITY BETWEEN THEM, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON. ALAN SCOTT, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. S.L. CHEN, MR. SCOTT SAID THE CRITERIA WERE THAT THE TRADE TO BE OPERATED MUST LE ONE PERMITTED EY THE AUTHORITY AND THAT THE FLOOR LOADING AND ELECTRICAL LOADING MUST BE WITHIN THE DESIGNED CAPACITY.
THE QUESTION OF PRIORITY IN THE ALLOCATION OF FACTORY ACCOMMO- DATION DID NOT ARISE BECAUSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES OF IMPROVEMENT WERE INVOLVED AND DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE.
+OPERATORS OF SQUATTER FACTORIES ARE OFFERED EITHER FLATTED FACTORY UNITS BUILT FOR THE PURPOSE, IF AVAILABLE, OR CASH ALLOW- ANCES. WORKSHOPS AFFECTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ARE OFFERED SPACE IN THE FLATTED FACTORY AT SHEK KIP MEJ, OR CASH COMPENSATION.
+AS ESTATE WORKSHOP OPERATORS ARE AUTHORISED HOUSING AUTHORITY TENANTS, REPROVISIONING REQUIREMENTS ARE KNOWN, AND THE NECESSARY FLATTED FACTORY SPACE IS PROVIDED. SURPLUS UNITS HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE OFFERED TO OPERATORS OF DISPLACED SQUATTER FACTORIES, HE SAID.
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