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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY EBBSAO

PRESS

RELEASE

新聞稿

Thursday, April 15, 1976

REVISION OF PROCEDURE FOR

WAITING LIST APPLICANTS

Waiting list applicants for public housing will no longer be required to renew their applications annually, They need no longer send in their

renewal cards and may destroy them.

However, applicants should still inform the Housing Department by

letter of any changes in address.

This revision of procedure concerning waiting list applicants was among a number of others announced by the Housing Authority and which become effective today (Thursday).

Others refer to space and income criteria.

Hitherto, applicants whose accommodation gives them more than 35

square feet of space per person were not eligible for allocation through the

waiting list, regardless of other living conditions.

The Authority however has now decided that the space limit of 35

square feet per person will be applicable only to applicants living in

accommodation of durable materials, such as brick, stone and concrete, with

facilities such as kitchen, piped water, sanitation either for exclusive use

or shared with not more than two other families.

For applicants living in similar accommodation but without the use of

either a kitchen, piped water or sanitation and having to share with more than

two other families, the space limit will be 40 square feet per person.

There will be no space limit for those living in structures made of

wood, cardboard and tin sheets.

The income

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