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TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1989
A TOTAL
539 OF
VESSELS WERE "HOUSE-BOATS" UNDER THOSE REGULATIONS.
THREE VOLUNTARY REHOUSING
SUBSEQUENTLY LICENSED
AS
BOAT
SINCE SEPTEMBER 1984. THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD CONDUCTED
EXERCISES INVOLVING THESE LICENSED DWELLERS, AND, AS A RESULT, THE POPULATION HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 2,500 TO ABOUT 200 IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
OVER
THE
BOAT HOUSING
ESTATES OR
MR CHENG REPORTED THAT, FOR
REMAINING LICENSED DWELLING FAMILIES, REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN
PUBLIC MADE
THEIR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, DEPENDING
IN
ON
ELIGIBILITIES.
NUMBER OF WORKING
MR TANG POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE YEARS, A BOATS HAD BEEN USED AS "HOUSE-BOATS" IN THE TYPHOON SHELTERS.
INTO OF THE
THE SAME HE STRESSED THAT THESE BOATS COULD NOT BE TREATED IN
VESSELS BECAUSE THEY WAY AS THE LICENSED DWELLING
ONLY CAME BEING AND WERE USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES AFTER THE ENACTMENT DWELLING VESSELS REGULATIONS IN 1983.
"HOUSE-BOATS" THESE UNLICENSED INTENDED PURPOSE BY RENEWING OR OBTAINING A LICENCE.
MUST BE
RESTORED TO VALID WORKING
THEIR
BOAT
HOUSING
ALTERNATIVELY, OWNERS MAY SURRENDER THEIR BOATS. IF THEY BECAME HOMELESS BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY WOULD BE REHOUSED IN TEMPORARY AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE ADDED.
ASSIST THE EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE WORKING GROUP TO
STAFF FROM THE YAU PEOPLE LIVING ON THE UNLICENSED DWELLING BOATS. TSIM
MARINE AND THE
THE DISTRICT OFFICE,
DEPARTMENT
AND INFORMED THEM OF DEPARTMENT HAD VISITED THE BOAT DWELLERS REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS AND ELIGIBILITIES.
HOUSING
THE
HOUSING AREA WILL BE THEIR
A VISIT TO A NEW TERRITORIES TEMPORARY ORGANISED ON SUNDAY (MAY 71 TO ENABLE THE BOAT DWELLERS TO VIEW NEW HOMES.
ON THE ASSISTANCE
THEY WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED DURING THE VISIT THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION AND LABOUR DEPARTMENTS CAN OFFER.
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