SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1984
APPLICATIONS FOR ESTATE FLATS BEGIN MONDAY
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APPLICATION WILL BE INVITED TOMORROW (DECEMBER 17) FROM TWO- MEMBER FAMILIES ALREADY LIVING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, TO MOVE
INTO PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING.
NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES WILL BE PUT UP IN ALL 47 THAS.
+ THE SCHEME IS IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE RECENTLY-APPROVED NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION POLICIES WHICH AMONG MANY OTHER CHANGES ALLOW TWO-MEMBER FAMILIES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID TODAY.
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+IT GIVES PRIORITY TO THE 9 000 TWO-MEMBER FAMILIES ALREADY LIVING IN THAS, INCLUDING THOSE IN HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY, WITH A TARGET TO HAVE THEM REHOUSED BY 1 990 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR LENGTH OF STAY IN THAS.
+ IT WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE THESE FAMILIES WITH IMPROVED ACCOMMODATION, BUT CAN ALSO HELP RELIEVE OVERCROWDING AMONG TENANTS.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID APPLICATIONS WOULD BE LIMITED TO RELATED TWO-MEMBER FAMILIES SUCH AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, PARENT AND CHILD, GRANDPARENT AND GRANDCHILD, BROTHER AND SISTER, AND APPLICANT AND A DEPENDANT RELATIVE.
TO QUALIFY FOR APPLICATION, HE SAID, APPLICANTS SHOULD INITIALLY MEET THE RELEVANT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA INCLUDING:
* APPLICANT SHOULD BE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE,
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APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED INTO THA BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1985,
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BOTH APPLICANT AND THE FAMILY MEMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS,
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HAVING A FAMILY INCOME NOT EXCEEDING $4 000 A MONTH, AND
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NEITHER THE APPLICANT NOR THE FAMILY MEMBER IS OWNER OF ANY DOMESTIC PROPERTY.
+APPLICATION WILL BE INVITED PERIODICALLY WHEN SUITABLE FLATS BECOME AVAILABLE IN ESTATES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+AFTER EACH INVITATION, A PRIORITY LIST WILL BE COMPILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LENGTH OF STAY IN THAS OF THE APPLICANTS FOR ALLOCATION REFERENCE.
+ IN CASE OF COMPETING APPLICATIONS, ALLOCATION WILL BE MADE TO THOSE FAMILIES WITH THE LONGER STAY IN THAS.+
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