MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1984
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TIN SHUI WAI SECOND PHASE SET FOR OCTOBER 31
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THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TIN SHUI WAI CLEARANCE INVOLVING 389 PEOPLE FROM 106 FAMILIES IN PAK SHA TSAI WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON OCTOBER 31, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).
REHOUSING AND EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TOTALLING MORE THAN $5 MILLION HAVE BEEN ARRANGED, AND THE SPOKESMAN URGED THE VILLAGERS TO TAKE UP THE OFFERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT THEY COULD WIND UP THEIR BUSINESSES AND LEAVE THE AREA EARLY.
HE SAID INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS QUALIFYING FOR LAND GRANTS UNDER THE SMALL HOUSE POLICY HAVE BEEN OFFERED SITES ON CROWN LAND AT SHA CHAU LEI IN YUEN LONG TOGETHER WITH A RENTAL ALLOWANCE TO HELP THEM WITH INTER IM ACCOMMODATION.
THE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, MR JOHN CORRIGALL, AT A RECENT MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT; THE PING SHAN RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LEUNG CHEUK-PUI; THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE OF TIN SHUI WAI, MR LAM YAU-HEE AND PAK SHA TSAI VILLAGERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID : +IN RESPONSE TO OTHER REQUESTS FOR A RESITE AREA TO REBUILD NEW HOMES, THE GOVERNMENT HAS OFFERED SITES ON CROWN LAND TO NINE GENUINE FARMERS TO BUILD DOMESTIC STRUCTURES ON ANNUAL LICENSES.
+ALLOCATION OF THE NINE SITES HAS TAKEN PLACE, AND PAYMENT OF AN ALLOWANCE WILL BE MADE TO HELP THE LICENSEES WITH THE BUILDING COSTS.+
HE URGED THE LICENSEES TO START WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. +THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO OFFERED FLATS IN TWO MODERN PUBLIC
- BUTTERFLY AND WU KING TO 31 HOUSING ESTATES AT TUEN MUN OTHER FAMILIES.+
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+ IN ADDITION, 11 ONE OR TWO-PERSON FAMILIES HAVE OPTED FOR CASH ALLOWANCES WHILE 12 ARE FOUND INELIGIBLE FOR REHOUSING EITHER BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE ADEQUATE HOUSING ELSEWHERE OR BECAUSE THEY MOVED INTO THE AREA AFTER THE CLEARANCE WAS ANNOUNCED, HE SAID.
REFERRING TO EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES FOR BUSINESS AND FARM OPERATORS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ITEMISED STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT HAD BEEN ISSUED TO ALL THOSE ELIGIBLE, IN ORDER TO CLARIFY THE DETAILS OF PAYMENT OFFERED.
+THE CHEQUES ARE READY FOR COLLECTION AT THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE VILLAGERS ARE ADVISED TO PICK THEM UP NOW.+
/HE ALSO