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Tuesday, November 7, 1972

FIRST TENANTS MOVE TO PAK TIN

The first tenants of the new Pak Tin Estate

an elderly couple

have moved from the Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate.

They are among nearly 11,000 people offered rehousing at Pak

Tin under the current phase of the Shek Kip Mei Rehousing Scheme.

Another 400 to 500 families will be moving into the estate in

the next few weeks.

The elderly couple, Mr. Tsui Ting-yan, 70, and his wife Mrs. Tsui,

64, moved into their new home immediately after the completion of its initial

decoration.

The couple's livelihood depends largely on a meagre income of about

$100 earned by Mr. Tsui who operates a small stall in Portland Street and

writes lettere for other people.

Mrs. Tsui does some needlework at home which adds another $20 to

$30 to their income. But this is not enough to support a family and so the

couple applied to the Social Welfare Department last month for Public

Assistance. They are now receiving a grant of $98 a month from the department.

Mr. and Mrs. Teui were among the first group of people resettled

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into the Shek Kip Mei Estate 18 years ago. They did not have any furniture

in their home apart from an old wooden table, two or three chairs and a

make-shift bed.

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