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"STARTING FROM NEXT MONTH,
UNSUCCESSFUL
APPLICANTS
WILL NOT BEEN
RECEIVE LETTERS INFORMING THEM THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS HAVE SUCCESSFUL, HE SAID.
APPLICANTS ARE REMINDED POSTED OF CHANGES IN THEIR ADDRESSES.
TO KEEP THE IMMIGRATION
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DEPARTMENT
WALLED CITY CLEAREES URGED TO OBserve CLEARANCE DEADLINE
CLEAREES UNDER THE FIRST
CITY
PHASE OF THE KOWLOON WALLED
THAT THEY MUST MOVE OUT BY CLEARANCE ARE REMINDED TODAY (FRIDAY) NOVEMBER 27 AND THOSE WHO FAIL TO DO SO WILL BE EVICTED.
DUTIES), MR CARRIED OUT IN THE
THE APPEALING TO
CLEAREES TO COMPLY WITH THE CLEARANCE DEADLINE, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (SPECIAL PHILIP CHOK, NOTED THAT THE CLEARANCE WAS BEING OVERALL INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
STRUCTURES,
THE "IT WILL SOLVE THE LONG-STANDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN WALLED
POOR HYGIENE AND FIRE SUCH AS UNSAFE CITY, HAZARDS," HE SAID.
AND
HAD
AND HAD
HE ADDED THAT THE CLEARANCE HAD PROGRESSED OVER FOUR YEARS OF CLEAREES TO DATE HE WAS HEARTENED TO SEE THAT THE MAJORITY ACCEPTED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMPENSATION AND REHOUSING OFFERS EITHER LEFT OR WOULD LEAVE THE WALLED CITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
THE
THE CLEARANCE,
LATEST ON THE FIRST PHASE OF
STATISTICS CENT OF A TOTAL 2,834 SHOWED THAT ONLY 75 HOUSEHOLDS, OR 2.65 PER HOUSEHOLDS, HAD YET TO ACCEPT GOVERNMENT'S OFFERS, MR CHOK SAID.
CLEAREES OVER
DUTIES OFFICE HAD PAST WEEKS IN AN ATTEMPT
REACH
BEEN MEETING THESE ΤΟ
A TIMELY
STAFF OF THE SPECIAL
THE SETTLEMENT, HE ADDED.
"THE CLEAREES SHOULD APPRECIATE
THAT THE
COMPENSATION
ARE VERY REASONABLE.
"MOREOVER, THOSE WHO ARE
TERMS
THE COMPENSATION TO SUBSTANTIATE TO THE ASSESSMENT REVIEW
DISSATISFIED WITH OFFERS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO EITHER SUBMIT DOCUMENTS A CLAIM FOR HIGHER COMPENSATION OR APPEAL BOARD WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER EVICTION," HE SAID.
BE TAKEN AGAINST
HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT FIRM ACTION WOULD THOSE CLEAREES WHO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE CLEARANCE DEADLINE.
THE CLEARANCE WILL BE CARRIED OUT
IN FOUR PHASES,
INVOLVING THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST SOME 10,780 HOUSEHOLDS. NOVEMBER 27 IS
APRIL AND PHASE WHILE THE REMAINING PHASES WILL BE CLEARED BY MARCH, JUNE 1992 RESPECTIVELY. A PARK WILL BE BUILT ON THE CLEARED SITE.
THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO COST OVER $3.1 BILLION. SO FAR GOVERNMENT HAS PAID OUT $2.27 BILLION.
THE
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