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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1991
CLEARANCE FOR PHASE II YAU MA TEI REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME
THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT IS TO SERVE CROWN LAND NOTICES IN MID-AUGUST ON ALL EXISTING PROPERTIES SITUATED WITHIN THE PROPOSED WORK SITE OF THE PHASE II YAU MA TEI REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING VACANT POSSESSION OF THE SITE
IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
TO FACILITATE THE CLEARANCE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY SERVED NOTICES TO QUIT ON ALL EXISTING TENANTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA WHICH IS COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS "YAU MA TEI SIX STREETS". THF NOTICES EXPIRED ON JANUARY 31 THIS YEAR.
THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME AT YAU MA TEI SIX STREETS IS ONE OF THE URBAN IMPROVEMENT SUHEMF PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED BY THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA AND ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES ог URBAN RENEWAL BY CONSTRUCTING DOMESTIC UNITS AND PROVIDING THE MUCH NEEDED COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
COMPRISING FIVE DOMESTIC BLOCKS OVER A SCHEME WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 896 SALE FLATS
(INCLUDING THOSE FOR THE ELDERLY 1.
PODIUM STRUCTURE, THE AND 669 RENTAL FLATS
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SCHEME ARE 1,300 SQUARE METRES OF COMMERCIAL FLOOR SPACE AND 2,160 SQUARE METRES OF FLOOR SPACE DESIGNATED AND DEVELOPED INTO SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING A DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE, NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN AND DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
THE
IN ADDITION SOME 8,380 SQUARE METRES OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND 4,200 SQUARE METRES OF PRIVATE LANDSCAPED GARDEN WILL BE PROVIDED.
THE SCHEME IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES IN AN EFFORT TO REHOUSE THE ELIGIBLE OCCUPANTS AFFECTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THE DOMESTIC UNITS TO BE PROVIDED IN PHASE I.
PHASE I 18 DUE POR COMPLETION LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL PROVIDE 448 SALE FLATS AND 669 RENTAL FLATS WHICH INCLUDE 170 RENTAL UNITS DESIGNED FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
ΤΟ COMMENCE IN CLEARANCE AND
PHASE I I OF THE SCHEME IS SCHEDULED MID-SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMING WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO COMPLETE.
ABOUT 1,200 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE AND REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ELIGIBLE OCCUPANTS AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE FOR THE PHASE I WORKS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY.
SOME 60 PER CENT OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY VACATED THEIR PREMISES, THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVING BEEN REHOUSED IN THE SOCIETY'S RENTAL ESTATES.
/THE RENTAL