SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1979
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ABOUT 4 PEER CENTOFOLAYAKOK EMATS
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ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF THE DOMESTIC FLATS IN THE SEVEN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS AT SAI LAU KOK, TSUEN WAN, WHICH ARE TO BE CLEARED AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, HAVE ALREADY BEEN FULLY OR PARTIALLY VACATED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT 83 OF THE 339 FLATS IN THE BUILDINGS WERE NOW EMPTY. HE SAID ANOTHER 51 WERE PARTIALLY VACATED AS FAMILIES WERE PACKING UP TO LEAVE TO TAKE UP OFFERS OF EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING OR MOVING INTO NEW FLATS THEY HAVE BOUGHT WITH GOVERNMENT'S ASSISTANCE,
HE POINTED OUT THAT OF THE 438 FAMILIES IN THE SEVEN BUILDINGS WHO HAVE ACCEPTED PUBLIC HOUSING, MOSTLY IN THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT, ABOUT 200 HAVE ALREADY MOVED OUT.
+THIS MOVING OUT PROCESS HAS PICKED UP MOMENTUM IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO AND WILL CONTINUE AT AN ACCELERATED RATE NOW THAT CROWN LAND NOTICES ARE TO BE POSTED TOMORROW (MONDAY) GIVING TWO WEEKS' FINAL NOTICE TO MOVE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE SAID THAT MOST RESIDENTS WOULD BE MOVING AWAY AS THERE WOULD BE A GREAT DEAL OF DISRUPTION AND INCOVENIENCE AROUND THE BUILDINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
+A MAJOR MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ENGINEERING CONTRACT WILL BE STARTING ADJACENT TO SAI LAU KOK THIS WEEK AND I AM AFRAID THERE WILL BE A LOT OF NOISE, DUST AND DISTURBANCES,+ HE SAID.
+THE CONTRACTORS WILL ALSO START BUILDING A FENCE AROUND THE BUILDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR DEMOLITION AND, AS THE OCCUPANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADVISED, WATER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES WILL HAVE TO BE CUT OFF ONCE THE NOTICE EXPIRES.
+THE GOVERNMENT REGRETS THE INCONVENIENCE THAT THESE MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO MEET THE COMMITMENTS OF THE MTR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALL THE FULLY AND PARTIALLY VACATED PREMISES AT SAI LAU KOK HAD ALREADY BEEN SECURELY CHAINED TO PREVENT PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE INTO THE FLATS IN AN EFFORT TO +CASH-IN ON THE CLEARANCE.
+QUITE A FEW IMPOSTERS WERE WEEDED OUT OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND WE WISH TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE JUMPS THE QUEUE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING OR COLLECT AN ALLOWANCE TO WHICH HE IS NOT ENTITLED,+ HE ADDED.