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27, 1985
230 FAMILIES FROM CHAI WAN THA TO BE REHOUSED
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THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR REHOUSING 230 FAMILIES FROM THE CHAI WAN I! (EXTENSION) TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA WHICH WILL MAKE WAY FOR A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT.
+THESE FAMILIES, TOTALLING 643 PEOPLE FROM 11 BLOCKS REMAINING IN THE THA, ARE REHOUSED ACCORDING TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY, + SAID A HOUSING SPOKESMAN TODAY.
HE SAID ALTOGETHER 171 FAMILIES WERE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING, AND 42 OTHERS FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING.
+AMONG THE 230 FAMILIES ELIGIBLE FOR REHOUSING ARE 85 SINGLE PERSONS WHO HAVE PAID RENTS FOR THEIR NEW HOMES. ELEVEN OTHER SINGLE PERSONS HAVE OPTED FOR CASH ALLOWANCE OF $5 800 EACH IN EXCHANGE FOR REHOUSING.
+THE SAME OFFERS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ANOTHER SIX SINGLE PERSONS WHO HAVE YET TO TAKE UP THE OPTIONS.
+APART FROM CASH ALLOWANCE, THE OPTIONS INCLUDE SPECIALLY- DESIGNED FLATS OR SHARED ACCOMMODATION IN ESTATES, OR NEW HOSTEL UNITS IN THAS, ACCORDING TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY. +
THE SPOKESMAN SAID 21 FAMILIES OF 44 PEOPLE WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REHOUSING AS THEY WERE EITHER UNAUTHORISED PERSONS IN THE THA OR THEY WERE FOUND TO HAVE ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION.
VISITORS SEE REDEVELOPMENT OF OLDER ESTATES *****
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR ITS OLDER ESTATES HAS MET WITH FAVOURABLE APPRAISAL FROM A VISITING HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE DELEGATION.
THE EIGHT-MEMBER GROUP FROM THE MINISTRY OF URBAN AND RURAL CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF CHINA, SPENT A MORNING AT THE LOK FU AND WANG TAU HOM ESTATES LOOKING AT THE REDEVELOPMENT WORKS THERE.
THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE LARGE SCALE OF WORKS INVOLVING INSITU-CONVERSION OF OLD BLOCKS, BUILDING OF NEW BLOCKS AND THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
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