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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1974
HOUSING PETITION TURNED DOWN
DEPARTMENT EXPLAINS REHOUSING CRITERIA FOR LICENSED AREA OCCUPANTS
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THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY TURNED DOWN A PETITION FOR EARLY REHOUSING FROM A GROUP OF OCCUPANTS OF AREA 'C' OF CHEUNG SHA WAN LICENSED AREA.
IN A LETTER TO THEM, THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT OCCUPANTS OF LICENSED AREAS WOULD BE REHOUSED EITHER WHEN THE LAND WAS REQUIRED FOR GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OR WHEN THEY FELL WITHIN THE QUOTA SET ASIDE FOR DECANTATION OF LICENSED AREAS BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT RULED THAT EARLY REHOUSING COULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED TO THE LICENCEES AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE THE LAND WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE QUOTA FOR DECANTATION FOR THIS YEAR HAD ALREADY BEEN USED UP.
THE LETTER EXPLAINED THAT THE DECANTATION QUOTA WAS SET ASIDE TO REHOUSE THOSE WHO HAVE STAYED IN LICENSED AREAS FOR A COMPARATIVELY LONGER PERIOD.
IT ADDED THAT THERE WERE PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN STAYING IN LICENSED AREAS LONGER THAN THE OCCUPANTS CONCERNED, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE MOST UNFAIR IF THE DEPARTMENT WAS TO TREAT THEM DIFFERENTLY.
THE LETTER FURTHER ADDED THAT THERE WAS NO RECORD INDICATING THAT A PROMISE HAD BEEN MADE BY THE FORMER RESETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WOULD BE GIVEN RESETTLEMENT AFTER 18 MONTHS' STAY AS ALLEGED.
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REFERRING TO THE SANITARY NUISANCE CAUSED BY A NEARBY POULTRY MARKET, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS PROMISED TO APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNED DRAWING THEIR ATTENTION TO THE MATTER.
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