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MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1974.

RESITING CEREMONY OF ANCESTRAL TABLETS

TO BE HELD AFTER MID-NIGHT

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SAI KUNG VILLAGERS AFFECTED BY THE HIGH ISLAND WATER

SCHEME WILL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING MOVE THEIR ANCESTRAL TABLETS FROM THE CHI TONGS (ANCESTRAL SHRINES) IN LAN NAI WAN TO A NEW SITE AWAY FROM THE RESERVOIRS.

THE RESITING CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED AT MUK MIN SHAN, SAI KUNG, BY CHINESE MONKS. ITS TIMING (AT 12.30 A.M. TUESDAY) HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN BY AN A GEOMANCER OR 'FUNG SHUI' MAN.

WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE ANCESTRAL TABLETS AND LAST WEEK'S PAYMENT OF $8 MILLION IN COMPENSATION, MOST MATTERS CONCERNING THE RESITING OF THESE VILLAGERS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE, SAI KUNG, SAID TODAY.

HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE LAN NAI WAN FAMILIES WOULD MOVE TO THEIR NEW HOMES AND SHOPS BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

THEIR NEW HOMES, SITUATED IN THE HEART OF SAI KUNG TOWN, ARE ALL SELF-CONTAINED FLATS AND ARE NOW READY FOR OCCUPATION. BALLOTING FOR THESE FLATS WILL TAKE PLACE SOME TIME NEXT MONTH,

UNDER THE TERMS OF COMPENSATION, EACH FAMILY IS ENTITLED TO A 1,000 SQUARE FOOT GROUND FLOOR PREMISES OR $190,000 CASH IN LIEU. IN ADDITION, EACH MALE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY IS GIVEN A FLAT OR $80,000 AND EACH FEMALE MEMBER HALF A FLAT OR $40,000.

A FAMILY COMPRISING A COUPLE, TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS WILL BE COMPENSATED 4-1/2 FLATS AND A GROUND FLOOR PREMISES, OR IF THEY WISHED TO OPT FOR CASH, A TOTAL OF $550,000.

IN ADDITION, EACH FAMILY WILL RECEIVE LAND COMPENSATION AS AWARDED BY THE COMPENSATION BOARD. PIGSTIES, FENCES, FOOTPATHS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STRUCTURES WILL ALSO BE COMPENSATED.

THE VILLAGERS, WHEN THEY BEGIN TO MOVE TO THEIR NEW HOMES, WILL ALSO RECEIVE SUBSIDIES ON SUCH ITEMS AS TRANSPORTATION AND FLAT DECORATIONS AS WELL AS OCCUPATION AND REMOVAL ALLOWANCES.