SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1984
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LANDS DEPARTMENT OFFICE MOVES
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THE REGRANT SECTION OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, FORMERLY LOCATED WITHIN THE PREMISES OF THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE/KOWLOON WEST ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF YAU MA TEI CAR PARK BUILDING, 250 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON, HAS MOVED INTO NEW PREMISES IN THE SAME AREA.
IT IS NOW OPERATING FROM THE 10TH FLOOR OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE ENQUIRIES CAN TELEPHONE 3-884111, EXT. 367.
MORE PUBLIC HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PLANS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC HOUSING PREMISES FOR 24 MORE OLD PEOPLE'S HOSTELS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
+THIS WILL BRING TO 53 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH HOSTELS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY TODAY. HE SAID THE NUMBER OF HOSTEL SPACES WOULD ALSO INCREASE FROM THE EXISTING 3 891 IN 29 ESTATE HOSTELS TO 7 730.
+THESE ARE ADDITIONAL TO THE 892 SHELTERED HOUSING SPACES NOW BEING PROVIDED FOR THE ELDERLY IN THREE ESTATES AND SEVEN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.
+ THE INCREASED PROVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING FOR HOSTEL PROJECTS IS PART OF THE AUTHORITY'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY.
+ALREADY GOOD PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO PRIORITY SCHEMES FOR THE BENEFITS OF OLD PEOPLE, HE SAID.
UNDER ONE OF THESE SCHEMES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID GROUPS OF THREE UNRELATED PEOPLE AGED 60 YEARS OR ABOVE COULD APPLY FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING FLAT ON A SHARING BASIS.
+SO FAR, MORE THAN 5 540 ELDERLY PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO ESTATES UNDER THE SCHEME WHICH BEGAN IN 1979.
+APPLICANTS MAY APPLY IN ADVANCE, TWO YEARS BEFORE ATTAINING THE AGE OF 60, AS FLATS ARE NORMALLY ALLOCATED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF APPLICATION.
/+THERE IS
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