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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1974

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SHEK KIP ME! REHOUSING SCHEME

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ANOTHER PHASE OF THE SHEK KIP MEI REHOUSING SCHEME STARTED TODAY (TUESDAY).

SOME 6,500 TENANTS OF BLOCKS 1, 5, AND 6, OF THE LOWER SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE WILL SHORTLY BE MOVING TO BETTER LIVING ACCOMMODATION, AND AS SOON AS THESE BLOCKS ARE VACATED, WORKMEN WILL MOVE IN TO CONVERT THEM INTO SELF-CONTAINED UNITS.

MORE THAN 100 APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW BEEN RECEIVED FROM TENANTS FOR FLATS AT UPPER PAK TIN OR THE CONVERTED SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE.

SOME 50 SHOP TENANTS AND FIVE WORKSHOP OPERATORS WHO WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE SCHEME WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE 'DETAILS OF THEIR REPROVISIONING AT A LATER DATE.

THE DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY, MR. MICHAEL CLINTON, AND THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. DENIS BRAY, THIS AFTERNOON INSPECTED THE REHOUSING OPERATION TO GAIN FIRST HAND INFORMATION OF THE PROJECT WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF 62,000 TENANTS OF THE OLD ESTATE TO PAK TIN OR THE CONVERTED ESTATE. THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR. IAN LIGHTBODY.

THE PARTY LATER TOURED THE YAN OI TRANSIT CENTER WHERE THEY TJJK A LOOK AT AN UNCONTROLLED SQUATTER AREA, A TRANSIT CENTER, THE PARTLY-BUILT LICENSED AREA STRUCTURES, AND A TRADITIONAL LICENSED AREA, AND THE OI MAN ESTATE, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN THE 10-YEAR PROGRAMME.

RTV ARTISTES TO TOUR KOWLOON DISTRICTS

TO HELP PROMOTE LOTTERY SALES *****

FOUR RTV ARTISTES --MISS TINA CHING FEI, MISS STELLA CHEE, MISS ANGELINA LEUNG AND MR. JOHNNY YIP - WILL TOUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN KOWLOON TOMORROW CWEDNESDAY)Ɔ AFTERNOON TO HELP PUBLICISE THIS YEAR'S SECOND GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.

THEY WILL LEAVE THE RTV STUDIO AT BROADCAST DRIVE AT ABOUT 3.15 P.M. AND WILL STOP AT WONG TAI SIN C3.30 P.M. 3.50 P.M.), HUNG HOM FERRY CONCOURSE (4.00 P.M.- 4.20 P.M.), JORDAN ROAD FERRY CONCOURSE (4.30 P.M. 4.50 P.M.), AND TAI KOK TSUI FERRY CONCOURSE C5.00 P.M. 5.20 P.M.).

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THE DRAW FOR THE CURRENT LOTTERY WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY JUNE 14) NIGHT DURING THE LIVE TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME WITH TINA+ AT 9.00 P.M.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE TOUR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. TWO NINE-SEATER VANS NO. AM 2173 AND AM 2174 WILL AWAIT

PRESS MEMBERS AT QUEEN'S PIER AT 2.30 P.M.

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