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Thursday, December 27, 1973
"We have confirmed that there is quite a number of impostors
mixing up with the genuine victims," Mr. Pogue said.
"These people are trying to cheat the department to give them
public housing or resite accommodation as well as cash allowance from
the Emergency Relief Fund.
"By checking through our records we have been able to find out
that 45 families who have already been rehoused have turned up and registered
themselves as victims.
"One family who is now living in Sau Mau Ping Estate even spilt
up its members and registered as two separate familiea,"
Mr. Pogue explained that this was the main reason for carrying out
further processing and he assured that arrangements to allocate licensed
area sites or public housing units to the genuine victims would be made
as soon as final processing was completed.
He said all those occupying surveyed structures in Man Heung Yuen
and Sai Man Lane which had been earmarked for clearance would be offered
public housing.
"In line with current policy, people living in tolerated structures
in Man San Lane will also be offered public housing," he added. Occupants
of unsurveyed huts will be accommodated in licensed areas.
Mr. Pogue went on: "Cash allowances from the Emergency Relief
Fund, administered by the Social Welfare Department, will be given to those
allocated licensed area sites to help them to meet the building and re-equipment
costs.
Those eligible
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