XN000022-1976-08-30 — Page 4

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1976

94 FAMILIES TOTALLING 389 PEOPLE FROM TAI ON MANSION AND 205-205A SA! YEUNG CHOI STREET ACCEPT REHOUSING

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SIXTY-EIGHT FAMILIES TOTALLING 277 PEOPLE FROM TAI ON MANSION AND 26 FAMILIES TOTALL ING 112 PEOPLE FROM NOS. 205-205A SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, THE TWO BUILDINGS IN SHAMSHUIPO WHICH MUST BE VACATED TO MAKE WAY FOR ESSENTIAL TUNNELLING WORKS ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT HOUSING.

HOWEVER MOST OF THEM HAVE NOT YET MOVED AND IN SOME CASES THEY ARE WAITING FOR DECORATION OF THEIR NEW FLATS TO BE COMPLETED.

ANNOUNCING THESE FIGURES TODAY, A GOVERNZENT SPOKESMAN SAID: +THE RESPONSE FROM NEARLY ALL OWNER-OCCUPIERS AND DOMESTIC TENANTS IN TAI ON MANSION, AND THE RESPONSE OF THE DOMESTIC TENANTS IN 205-205A SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, IS VERY ENCOURAGING.

+MOST OF THE FAMILIES AFFECTED HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE OFFERS BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE RESPECTIVE CASES CONCERNING EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION FOR TENANTS AND MARKET-RATE COMPENSATION FOR OWNER-OCCUPIERS PLUS A DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCE.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT BESIDES THE 68 FAMILIES IN TAI ON MANSION WHO HAD ACCEPTED RE-HOUSING, SIX OTHER FAMILIES WERE MAKING LAST-MINUTE ARRANGEMENTS TO ACCEPT GOVERNMENT HOUSING AND IT WAS HOPED ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE MADE FOR ALL OTHER FAMILIES APART FROM THOSE WHO HAD GIVEN UP THEIR RIGHT TO GOVERNMENT HOUSING.

AT SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, ARRANGEMENTS HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE FOR ALL BUT TWO FAMILIES APART FROM THOSE WHO DID NOT WANT GOVERNMENT HOUSING.

DETAILS OF COMPENSATION AND EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION GIVEN TO BOTH GROUPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DOMESTIC TENANTS: EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION OF ABOUT $20 PER SQ. FT. FOR ALL LIVING ACCOMMODATION PLUS COMPENSATION AT A SLIGHTLY REDUCED FIGURE FOR KITCHENS, BALCONIES, PASSAGEWAYS, TOILETS, ETC. THIS COMPENSATION IS TO PAY FOR REMOVAL COSTS.

PAYMENTS OF 50 PER CENT OF THE AMOUNT IN ADVANCE, AFTER THE TENANTS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO LEAVE. PAYMENT OF THE REMAINING 50 PER CENT ON THEIR DEPARTURE.

OWNER-OCCUPIERS: PAYMENT FOR PREMISES AT $215 - $240 PER SQ. FT. PLUS A DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCE OF ABOUT $20 PER SQ. FT. ON THE SAME LINES AS THE EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION GRANTED TO DOMESTIC TENANTS.

AN ADDITION,