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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1974:

NEW HOMES FOR 300,000 PEOPLE

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR ABOUT 300,000 PEOPLE BETWEEN NOW AND EARLY 1977.

THESE NEW HOMES ARE IN ESTATES WHICH ARE PARTLY OCCUPIED AND ARE STILL BEING DEVELOPED OR IN NEW ESTATES CONSTRUCTION OF UHICH IS DUE TO START SHORTLY.

THESE FLATS ARE CONTAINED IN 20 ESTATES WHICH ARE BEING BUILT BY THE CONSTRUCTION BRANCH OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS IN THE PIPELINE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION HA KUAI CHUNG PHASE ONE, 11A AND IIB AND TSING YI PHASE ONE IN TSUEN WAN, WO CHE IN SHA TIN, AND IN THE URBAN AREAS OF MAN, CLEARWATER BAY ROAD (EAST), HAMMER HILL, THE EXTENSION OF WAH FU, AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF TAI HANG TUNG.

THOSE BEING BUILT BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INCLUDED PAK TIN, MEI TUNG, SHUN LEE TSUEN, CHAI WAN AREA 6, HING WAH, LEI HUK SHUE, LAI KING, KWAI SHING PHASE 11 AND 111, LEK YUEN AND TUEN HUN AREA 6 AS WELL AS THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AT SNEK KIP NEI.

SINCE APRIL 1973, MORE THAN 88,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REHOUSED. THESE INCLUDED APPLICANTS FROM THE WAITING LIST, VICTIMS OF FIRE AND NATURAL DISASTERS, COMPASSION CASES REFERRED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, OCCUPANTS OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, LICENSED AREA TENANTS AND OTHERS.

IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 22,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE CONSIDERED NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT PUBLIC HOUSING BUT WERE FOUND TO BE GENUINELY HOMELESS WERE GIVEN SITES IN LICENSED AREA.

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