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Wednesday, January 2, 1974

The remaining seven families, comprising 27 people, will be

offered licensed area accommodation if they are genuinely homeless.

At present, about 120 victims of the fire are staying at the

Yan Oi Transit Centre for temporary shelter, the other are staying

with relatives or friends.

Staff of the Housing Department are also screening the victims

of the squatter fire which broke out on the hillside near Lan Tin Estate

last Honday. All 40 structures destroyed in the fire were unsurveyed

and illegal.

The 16 families comprising 60 people affected will be offered

licensed area accommodation.

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