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SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1975

88,000 PEOPLE TO BE HOUSED THIS YEAR

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SOME 88,000 PEOPLE WILL BE HOUSED IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR UNDER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S 10-YEAR HOUSING PROGRAMME.

THEY WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN ABOUT 17,200 PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS AT OI MAN, LEK YUEN, LAI KING, UPPER PAK TIN, KWAI SHING AND LEI MÜK SHUE ESTATES.

OF THE 17,200 FLATS, 10,900 WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT 10 MONTHS WHILE THE REMAINING 6,300 FLATS ARE NOW AWAITING OCCUPATION.

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PROVIDED HOUSING FOR 64,200 PEOPLE LAST YEAR AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S WAITING LIST.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE SOME 92,000 PENDING APPLICANTS ON THE WAITING LIST.

FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE APPLICANTS. THE APPLICATIONS SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS DIVIDED THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG INTO EIGHT AREAS. THESE ARE: HONG KONG EAST, HONG KONG WEST, KOWLOON EAST, KOWLOON CENTRAL, KOWLOON WEST, TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN.

APPLICANTS WILL NEED ONLY TO FILL IN THE LOCATION OF THEIR PARTICULAR CHOICE,

THE ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICANTS IS THAT: (A) THEY MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER- (B) THEIR FAMILIES MUST CONSIST OF NOT LESS THAN THREE PERSONS- (C) THEY AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG AND (D) THEIR TOTAL FAMILY INCOME MUST NOT EXCEED THE PERMITTED AMOUNT FIXED BY THE AUTHORITY.

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