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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY XRSA⭑

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Sunday, November 14, 1976

A CHANGE OF HOME IS AS GOOD AS A REST

For the past six months Mr. Lai Ming-chan has been rising

early to travel from his home at Chai Wan to his place at work at

Tsuen Wan - more than 13 miles, and a total daily travelling time of

over three hours.

At the same time Mr. Cheung Ping-wah would make the same

daily journey, changing buses three times, but in the opposite direction,

Mr. Cheung lived at Lei Muk Shue Estate, Tsuen Wan and travelled to work

at Chai Wan.

Now, after a little help from the Housing Department's

recently formed Tenants Mutual Exchange Bureau, Mr. Lai and Mr. Cheung

live on the doorstep of their respective employments.

The Bureau, set up in August, is designed to aid people like

Mr. Lai and Mr. Cheung, who occupy public housing but for some reason

or another would prefer to live in another district.

All applications to the Mutual Exchange Bureau are sorted

and classified, and where possible suitable exchanges are arranged.

The usual reason for tenants wishing to move is a need to

be nearer to work. However, the Bureau has experienced many other

situations in which tenants request a change of neighbourhood. These

range from quarrels with the neighbours, to seeking a lower rental

unit, the desirability for children to be closer to school and many

other personal reasons.

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