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Thursday, October 26, 1972

ARRANGEMENTS FOR SHOP TENANTS IN THE SHEK KIP MET REHOUSING SCHEME

Shop tenants of Blocks 23 to 28 Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate

whose premises are affected by the first phase of the Shek Kip Mei Rehousing

Scheme have been offered alternative trading space at Pak Tin Estate

on a foot-for-foot basis.

Details of the offer were given to them by staff of the Resettlement

Department and the Housing Authority at a briefing held at the Rehousing

Operation Office at Pak Tin today.

A total of 48 shop tenants are affected in the current phase of

the rehousing scheme.

They may apply for shopstalls, equivalent in size to their

existing shops, at the commercial complex of Pak Tin estate. They may

also join or pool their eligibility with other shop tenants for the much

larger shop spaces at the estate.

No premium will be charged and the monthly rentals range from

$60 for two small units to $300 for a large stall of 256 sq.ft in the

commercial complex. In the estate the rents are from $550 a month for

a shop of 497 sq. ft. to $850 a month for a shop of 666 sq. ft.

All tenants involved are free to apply for any of the shops or

shopstalls earmarked for the present phase between now and the end of

next month.

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