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Thursday, October 26, 1972

An open ballot will be held if there is more than one application

for a particular shop or shopstall.

Commenting on the foot-for-foot offer, a spokesman for the

Resettlement Department said that this was being made so that the shop-

keepers would be no worse off as a result of moving to Pak Tin.

Owing to the very large number of small shops in Shek Kip Mei,

it is not possible to offer a large shop at Pak Tin to every shop tenant.

"In order not to cause any hardship, tenants are given ample

time to think about their own arrangement before they are required to

hand in their application and they will have several months to make

preparations for their removal in early 1973," the spokesman said.

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