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Friday, June 8, 1973
NGAU TAU KOK OPERATORS START TO MOVE OUT
More than 30 factory operators in the Ngau Tau Kok area, due for
clearance to make way for the main maintenance depot of the Mass Transit
Railway, have moved or are beginning to move out. Some have begun to
demolish their buildings.
The clearance of this stretch of land along Kwun Tong Road will
begin on Tuesday (June 12) so that essential site preparation can start
early next month.
More than 100 families have been living in the area. All have
been offered accommodation in public housing or licenced areas by the
Housing Department.
Seventy eight of the 148 industrial undertakings which occupied
cancelled last year have been allocated
Housing Authority flatted factory units.
sites on Crown Land permits
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Fifteen of the 29 shopkeepers in the area who are eligible for
assistance will be paid ex-gratia sums totalling $156,076.
Staff from the Housing Department and the City District Office,
Kwun Tong, have been visiting the area giving advice to factory owners and
shopkeepers on removal problems. Labour Department staff have also been
available to help workers find other jobs.
The Housing Department has put several operators, who approached
them for help, in touch with the New Territories Administration which in
turn is offering guidance to those wanting to find alternative sites in
the rural area.
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