HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY 78719
PRESS RELEASE
新聞稿
Friday, 18 June 1976.
TAI WO HAU REHOUSING OPERATION FAVOURABLY RECEIVED
Over 30% Of Families Have Applied For Rehousing
Tenants of Tai Wo Hau Estate have reacted favourably to the Rehousing Operation launched on Tuesday.
Up to yesterday, over 170 families of the 800 families initially involved in the scheme have applied for new accommodation at Lai King, Kwai Shing II/III and other estates in the Tsuen Wan/ Kwai Chung district.
Today, the Rehousing Office at Tai Wo Hau was again filled by tenants filing in their applications.
It is expected that another 150 applications would have been handed in before the office closes at 5 p.m.
A breakdown of the applications shows that over 80 per cent of the families prefer new flats at Lai King and Kwai Shing and only several families have asked for accommodation outside the Tsuen Wan/ Kwai Chung district.
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About 15 per cent of the families have applied for lower-rental which is less than the number anticipated.
An adequate number of lower rent accommodation in the Tsuen Wan/ Kwai Chung district have been held in reserve for families who carot afford the rents at Kwai Shing or Lai King.
An inter-departmental assistance committee has also been set up to consider help for needy families requiring financial assistance to cover removal and redecoration expenses to ensure that no families will suffer as a result of the rehousing operation,
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