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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY 52ŹRÓ

PRESS RELEASE

新聞稿

Tuesday, November 23, 1976

DRIVE FOR BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS IN LICENSED AREAS

ACHIEVING GOOD RESULTS

8,000 RESIDENTS OF OLD LICENSED AREAS REHOUSED IN NINE MONTHS

The current big drive by the Housing Authority to improve

the living conditions in licensed areas where 40,000 people live

is now entering its final stage.

A three-pronged programme was started in 1974 to better the

residents' living environment.

In that year, a new-style licensed area with part-built

structures was introduced. This was followed by a multi-million-dollar

electricity and water supply programme in 1975 and a huge clearance

programme involving all ten old licensed areas this year.

So far, the Housing Authority has built nine new-style licensed

areas housing some 13,000 people, added power or housewater supply or both

to 15 licensed areas where 25,700 people live and cleared eight of the ten

old licensed areas.

Clearance of the ninth at Sam Ka Chuen is progressing and the

last of the old areas at Nam Hang in the New Territories will be wiped

off the list shortly.

About 8,000 people who previously lived in those old licensed

areas are now living in public housing estates in the Chai Wan and

Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung areas.

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