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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1976.

ALL TENANTS MOVE OUT FROM BUILDING IN SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET

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ALL TENANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF THE BUILDING AT NO. 205/205A SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, SHAM SHUI PO, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE VACATED FOR MASS TRANSIT TUNNELLING WORK HAVE FINISHED MOVING OUT THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING (AFTER RECEIVING EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

DOMESTIC TENANTS ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSING HAVE MOVED TO THEIR NEW HOMES PROVIDED AT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT COMMERCIAL TENANTS WERE GIVEN ABOUT $40 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR BUSINESS ACCOMMODATION, AND DOMESTIC TENANTS ABOUT $20 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THEIR LIVING SPACES.

THE BUILDING WILL SOON BE PULLED DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WORKS.

IN THE CASE OF THE NEARBY TAI ON MANSION, MANY OF THE TENANTS ARE ALSO MOVING OUT SINCE THEY HAVE ACCEPTED EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION AND REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MORE TENANTS IN THIS BUILDING, THE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO MOVE OUT. HOWEVER, THE TENANTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY MUST VACATE THEIR PREMISES BEFORE SEPTEMBER 10, 1976.

OFFICIALS FROM THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED ARE KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE TENANTS WITH A VIEW TO HELPING THEM IN RESOLVING ANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE.

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