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"Those not eligible have either been operating in illegal structures

or in tolerated structures not covered by the 1965 general shop survey.

Some others were not in operation when the department carried out screening

of the area in March this year," the spokesman pointed out.

The rate of ex-gratia allowance for shops is $120 per square foot

for the first 50 square feet and $30 for an additional square foot up to a

maximum of $20,000,

For factories, the rate is $20 per square foot up to a maximum of

$100,000. The minimum amount for a single factory is $6,000,

FIRE VICTIMS OFFERED ACCOMMODATION

Housing Department staff have arranged for 12 families of 40

people, who are victims of last night's Ping Yang Shan Chuen fire, to be

temporarily accommodated at Yan Oi Transit Centre.

a total of 24 families numbering 108 people were made homeless

in the fire.

On this number, 20 families of 90 people are involved in a

proposed clearance operation while four other families of 18 people live

in structures bordering the clearance zone.

The 20 c families living in the olearance zone have already been

offered public housing or licensed area sites depending on their eligibility.

Of the other four families, two of 11 people are eligible for

public housing while the other two of seven people will be given licensed

area sites.to build their new homes.