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SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1976

PUBLIC HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR LOWER-PAID GOVERNMENT STAFF ******

SOME 1.500 FLATS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR FOR LOWER-PAID GOVERNMENT STAFF, PENSIONERS AND DEPENDENTS OF DECEASED OFFICERS, APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN INVITED FROM THOSE INTERESTED IN TAKING UP THE OFFER.

THIS IS THE SCHEME IN WHICH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY RESERVES AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF 1,500 FLATS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES FOR LOWER-PAID CIVIL SERVANTS.

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SOME OF THE FLATS ARE LOCATED IN THE LAI YIU, LAI KING AND KWA SHING ESTATES IN KWAI CHUNG AND OTHERS ARE AT THE TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN.

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO WIDOWS AND/OR DEPENDENTS OF OFFICERS WHO DIED IN SERVICE WHILE OCCUPYING DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS OCCUPYING DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS. AND SERVING OFFICERS WHO HAVE HAD AT LEAST TWO YEARS SERVICE, IN THAT ORDER.

FOR THE LATTER CATEGORY MUST BE WITHIN THE SAME FIXED

THEIR TOTAL FAMILY INCOMES MAXIMUM LEVELS AS ARE APPLIED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH ARE

FAMILY SIZE

3 PERSONS

4 PERSONS

5 PERSONS

6 PERSONS

7 PERSONS

8 PERSONS

9 PERSONS

10 PERSONS OR MORE

TOTAL MAXIMUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIMITS

$1,500

$1,600

$1,700

1,800

$1,900

$2,000

$2,100

$2,200

A TYPICAL FLAT CONSISTS OF A ROOM WITH BALCONY, TOILET AND KITCHEN OR COOKING BENCH.

RENTS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE RATES, WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT $190 A MONTH FOR A FIVE-PERSON FLAT TO ABOUT $390 FOR AN ELEVEN-PERSON FLAT.

THE FLATS WHICH REMAIN UNALLOCATED FROM THE 1976-77 QUOTA WILL REVERT TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR ALLOCATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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