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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1974

RENT INCREASE FOR FORTY-TWO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES

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THE RENT INCREASE, ANNOUNCED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR. JAN LIGHTBODY, ON TUESDAY WILL INVOLVE 42 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WHICH HAVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.

THEY COMPRISE OF 17 GROUP A ESTATES, FORMERLY GOVERNMENT LOW-COST HOUSING ESTATES, AND 25 GROUP B ESTATES, FORMERLY RESETTLEMENT ESTATES.

THE RENT OF THESE TWO TYPES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION HAS NEVER BEEN INCREASED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL RISE OF $4 FOR MARK I AND II BLOCKS IN 1965. THE CURRENT MONTHLY RENT FOR MOST TENANTS RANGES FROM $13.50 FOR A 120 SQUARE-FEET ROOM TO $119 FOR A 320 SQUARE-FEET FLAT.

THE INCREASE, WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM DECEMBER 1, WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT PER MONTH.

FOR MOST TENANTS, THE INCREASE WILL RANGE FROM $4 TO $18. PER MONTH THOUGH IN A FEW EXCEPTIONAL CASES IT WILL BE UP TO $26 A MONTH DUE TO ODD SIZES OF FLATS.

THE INCREASE, HOWEVER, WILL NOT APPLY TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE RECENTLY MOVE IN AND ARE PAYING THE HIGHER RENT APPROVED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN MAY THIS YEAR.

THE 17 GROUP A ESTATES ARE:

KWUN TONG CLI YUE MUN ROAD)

CHEUNG SHA WAN

UPPER SHEK KIP MEI

VALLEY ROAD

UPPER WONG TAI SIN

SHATIN PASS

UPPER NGAU TAU KOK

WONG CHUK HANG

SHEK YAM

THE 25 GROUP B ESTATES ARE:

LAM TIN

JORDAN VALLEY

KWUN TONG (TSUI PING ROAD)

TSZ VAN SHAN

LOK FU

HUNG HOM

LOWER SHEK KIP MEJ

LEI CHENG UK

SHEK LE I

KHAI CHUNG

SAN FAT

TIN WAN HING WAH

UN CHAU STREET KWAI HING LEI MUK SHUE KO CHIU ROAD KWAI FONG KWAI SHING HO MAN TIN UPPER PAK TIN

LOWER NGAU TAU KOK SAU MAU PING

YAU TONG

TUNG TAU

WANG TAU HOM

LOWER WONG TAI SIN

LOWER PAK TIN TẠI HÀNG TUNG

TAI WO HAU

YUEN LONG CHAI WAN

SHEK PAI WAN*

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