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Tuesday, October 24, 1972
FIFTY FAMILIES OFFERED TENANCY AT PAK TIN ESTATE TODAY
Mr. and Mrs. Ng Po-wah today became the first tenants of Pak Tin
Estate under the Shek Kip Mei Rehousing Scheme when they received the key
to their flat this morning.
At a brief ceremony held at the door-step of their new home, they
were presented with the key by Mr. Fung Tung, Housing Manager of the Estate.
The couple was among 50 families offered tenancy at the Estate
today. Mr. Ng, a carpenter, and his family live at Block 23 of Shek Kip
Mei Resettlement Estate.
Under the Rehousing Scheme, tenants of Blocks 23 and 28 are to be
rehoused in Pak Tin. The vacated blocks will be converted and improved.
The Ng family will probably move into Pak Tin early next month
soon after completing the decoration of their new home.
The family of eight have been offered a double letting at Block A
of Pak Tin Estate at a monthly rental of $76.
Mrs. Ng said she was glad to be able to get a better and larger
only 20 days after the Rehousing
flat at the Estate in such a short time
Scheme was announced.
condition.
She said that at Shek Kip Mei, they were living in a very crowded
"My daughters have to sleep in a cockloft and my sons either
on the floor or in the corridor," she said.
"We have to
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