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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY &>82A¢

PRESS RELEASE

新聞稿

Monday, November 1, 1976

PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS SEEKING EXCHANGES

PREFER NEWER ESTATES

One in 10 of public housing tenants interested in exchanging

their flats wants to move to the new Lai King Estate in Tsuen Wan.

This is revealed in statistics produced by the Housing

Authority's Mutual Exchange Bureau.

The Bureau was established only in August and, already,

1,284 families have registered. A total of 42 exchanges have been

completed and a further 40 are being processed.

"The newer, more centrally located estates are proving most

popular for exchange purposes," a Housing Authority spokesman said.

After Lai King, the next most sought after estates are Ho Man

Tin (7.93 per cent of all inquiries) and Ping Shek (6.52 per cent of all

inquiries).

The spokesman said tenants are able to make known their choices

through the Bureau and these can then be matched up with other tanan ta

seeking to exchange.

Mutual exchanges have the advantage that tenants are able to

improve their living standards without involving vacant accommodation

and therefore affecting the waiting list," the spokesman added.

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