HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY SZA⭑
PRESS RELEASE
新聞稿
Monday, 18th October 1976
MORE THAN 6,500 PEOPLE REHOUSED
IN SEPTEMBER
A further 6,548 people were provided with housing by the Housing
Authority in September, bringing the total since the beginning of this
financial year to 33,709,
Of the various categories, the largest number housed (2,292) oame from development clearances; 1,450 people were housed as a result of
redevelopment and conversion work in Mark I and Mark II blocks.
A total of 1,235 persons were provided with housing because of
re-use of licensed areas, with 410 neople getting housing through the
Authority's efforts to relieve overcrowding.
Other categories housed were
Persons
Victims of fires and natural disasters
254
Compassionate and other cases
151
Ex-tenants of dangerous buildings
26
Urban renewal
189
Waiting list applicants
541
Most of those housed (1,775) were allocated flats in Kwai Shing
Estate, Tsuen Wan, followed closely by Hing Wah Estate which received
1,702 new tenants. A total of 1,548 people moved into lai King Estate,
also in Tsuen Wan.
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