FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1987
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RUN-DOWN AREA IN SAI YING PUN TO BE REDEVELOPED
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AN AREA PRESENTLY DOMINATED BY DILAPIDATED PREWAR AND EARLY POSTWAR TENEMENTS IN SAI YING PUN WILL BE REDEVELOPED INTO A COMPREHENSIVELY-PLANNED RESIDENTIAL AREA.
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA, COVERING A SITE OF 4 200 SQUARE METRES AT THIRD STREET-WATER STREET, WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY AS ONE OF ITS URBAN IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES.
TO ENABLE THE SCHEME TO GO AHEAD, THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ORDERED THE RESUMPTION OF 26 PRIVATE LOTS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA.
THE LOTS TO BE RESUMED ARE NOS 178-180, 194-210 AND 218-222 THIRD STREET, NOS 3, 7, 12-13 YUK MING STREET, NOS 1-5 KUI YAN LANE, NO 23 WATER STREET AND NOS 2-4 YAU YEE LANE.
NOTICES HAVE BEEN SERVED ON AFFECTED PROPERTIES, NOTIFYING OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF THE RESUMPTION.
THE HOUSING SOCIETY HAS STARTED INTERVIEWING RESIDENTS TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR REHOUSING.
QUALIFIED RESIDENTS WILL BE REHOUSED EITHER IN EXISTING HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATES OR SELECTED HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, OR ALTERNATIVELY, THEY CAN SELECT TO PURCHASE A FLAT IN ONE OF THE SOCIETY'S URBAN IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES.
IN ADDITION, GOVERNMENT WILL OFFER STATUTORY COMPENSATION TO OWNERS OF LOTS AFFECTED FOR THE LOSS OF THEIR INTEREST AND EX-GRATIA CASH ALLOWANCES TO BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS TO ASSIST THEIR REMOVAL.
WHEN THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME IS COMPLETED IN 1990, IT WILL PROVIDE 366 DOMESTIC UNITS FOR SALE, AN ELDERLY CENTRE, A DAY NURSERY, A YOUTH-CHILDREN CENTRE AND AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF LANDSCAPED GARDEN AND CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA AT PODIUM LEVEL.
A LARGE SECTION OF THE SITE WILL ALSO BE JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY THE SOCIETY AND THE URBAN COUNCIL INTO A PUBLIC OPEN SPACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT SAID: +THE SCHEME IS HAILED AS A MAJOR INITIATIVE IN UPGRADING AND REVITALISING THE GENERALLY RUN-DOWN ENVIRONMENT OF THE SAI YING PUN DISTRICT.
+IT WILL NOT ONLY CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE MODERN ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO PROVIDE THE LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH THE MUCH-NEEDED COMMUNITY AND RECREATION FACILITIES, HE ADDED.
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