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香港政府|

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SPACIOUS HOMES FUR 1,100 MORE FAMILIES

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OVER 6,500 PEOPLE, NOW LIVING IN LOUER SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE, ARE MOVING INTO MORE SPACIOUS HOMES THIS MONTH.

THIS HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE HOUSING DEPARTIENT'S PHASED REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF RESIDENTS IN THE OLDER ESTATES.

COMING FROM 1,100 FAMILIES, THESE PEOPLE ARE PRESENTLY LIVING IN BLOCKS 1, 5 AND 6 OF THE ESTATE. THESE THREE BLOCKS WILL HAVE TO BE VACATED SHORTLY TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT.

ABOUT HALF OF THE 1,100 FAMILIES HAVE OPTED TO LIVE IN UPPER PAK TIN AND THE REST IN SIX CONVERTED BLOCKS IN THE ESTATE.

TO ASSIST 78 NEEDY FAMILIES TO MOVE TO AND DECORATE THEIR NEW HOMES, THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE PAYING OUT ACCUT $70,000 AS CASH ASSISTANCE.

KR. MOK YIU-KWONG, SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER (REDEVELOPMENT), OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WAS FULL OF PRAISE FOR THE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH DOMESTIC AND SHOP TENANTS.

+WITHOUT THEIR CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT, OUR REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL, HE SAID.

IN THE EARLIER STACE OF THE PROCRANME, 15,000 PEOPLE VACATED FROM BLOCKS 3, 4, 23 TO 28 WERE PROVIDED WITH IMPROVED ACCOMODATION IN UPPER PAK TIN.

AS SOON AS THE CLOCKS WERE VACATED THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTIENT STARTED WORK TO TURN THEM INTO SELF-CONTAINED FLATS, EACH WITH ITS OUN KITCHEN, TOILET WITH SHOVER AND BALCONY.

THESE FLATS, MEASURING 120 SQ.FT., 240 SQ.FT. OR 360 SQ.FT. EACH, VERE DESIGNED TO ACCOMODATE FAMILIES OF THREE, SIX AND NINE RESPECTIVELY. THEIR MONTHLY RENTALS RANCE $50 TO $180.

OF THE THREE BLOCKS WHICH ARE SOON TO BE VACATED, THE PROJECT ARCHITECT IS CONSIDERING DEMOLISHING TUO TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR A COMMERCIAL CENTRE.

SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE WHEN FULLY REDEVELOPED WILL HAVE ITS POPULATION DENSITY DECREASED FROM 2,200 PER ACRE 10 1,300 PER ACRE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOVING A FAMILY IN A NEWLY CONVERTED FLAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN G.I.S. PRESS ROOM.

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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