SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1985
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300 ESTATE FLATS READY FOR SINGLE PERSONS
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A FIRST BATCH OF 300 PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR SINGLE PERSONS HAVE COME ON STREAM AND ARE NUW TANING IN TENANTS.
+MOVING IN ARE ELIGIBLE SINGLE PERSONS FROM TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS AND MARK 1/11 ESTATE BLOCKS SOON TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR REDEVELOPMENT,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.
HE SAID ALLOCATIONS WERE MADE ACCORDING TO APPLICANTS' LENGTH OF STAY IN THA'S AND REHOUSING POSITION IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
+ THERE ARE PLANS TO CREATE SOME 700 SINGLETON FLATS IN NEW ESTATES AND ANOTHER 2 000 FROM CONVERSION OF EXISTING ESTATE FLATS DURING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
+ CONVERSION IS INITIALLY CONFINED TO CASUAL VACANCIES IN MARK EL1/IV BLOCKS AND FORMER GOVERNMENT LOW COST HOUSING BLOCKS.
+VACANCIES ARISE WHEN TENANTS VACATE THEIR FLATS AS A RESULT OF TRANSFERS TO NEW ESTATES OR HAVING BOUGHT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT AFTER CONVERSION, THESE FLATS PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL AND MORE COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR SINGLETON TENANTS, GIVING A GREATER DEGREE OF PRIVACY.
• APART FROM A BALCONY AND A KITCHEN, THEY EACH HAVE
PLUS IN THEIR OWN METERED WATER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, MANY CASES A TOILET COMPARTMENT.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID PROVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS FOR SINGLE PERSONS WAS IN LINE WITH CHANGES IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION POLICY.
+PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO SINGLETON TENANTS LIVING IN THA'S AND MARK 1/11 BLOCKS.+
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