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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1977

INFORMATION PAMPHLET FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NT CLEARANCES *****

THE GOVERNMENT HAS PRODUCED AN INFORMATION PAMPHLET IN CHINESE TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CLEARANCES AS THE RESULT OF THE VAST DEVELOPMENTS NOW UNDERWAY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

SPEAKING ON THE +N.T. WEEKLY+ PROGRAMME ON RTHK'S CHINESE SERVICE TODAY, A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID THE PAMPHLET COULD BE OBTAINED FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, TOWN OFFICES AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. IT WOULD ALSO BE SENT TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CLEARANCES.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THE SIMPLE,+PRE-CLEARANCE+ PAMPHLET WAS DESIGNED FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE CLEARED OR AFFECTED BY LAND RESUMPTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

+ IT WILL HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE IR SITUATION AND WHAT ASSISTANCE THEY CAN EXPECT AND CETAIN FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WITH CLEARANCES,+ HE SAID.

+OFFICE ADDRESSES OF THESE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE LISTED AT THE END OF THE PAMPHLET AND STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENTS ILL BE PLEASED TO HELP SOLVE ANY PROBLEM OF THOSE AFFECTED.+

MR. GREGORY CHAN, SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER IN CHARGE OF CLEARANCES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND MR. PETER NG, DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, ALSO APPEARED ON THE RADIO PROGRAMME.

MR. CHAN SAID PEOPLE ARE BOUND TO BE AFFECTED OR INCONVENIENCED, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BY CLEARANCES.

+BUT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL ACCOMMODATE THEM IN EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING OR IN A TEMPORARY LICENSED AREA, DEPENDING ON THEIR ELIGIBILITY,+ HE ADDED.

+NEEDY FAMILIES MAY ALSO GET DOMESTIC REMOVAL ALLOWANCE RANGING FROM $600 TO $1,000 ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY.+

MR. PETER NG SAID AS FAR AS TUEN

MUN WAS CONCERNED PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CLEARANCE COULD BE ACCOMMODATED EITHER IN TAI HING OR SUN FAT ESTATES.

HE POINTED OUT THAT TAI HING ESTATE HAD NOT ONLY ALL THE NECESSARY FACILITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, MARKETS, PARKS AND CLINICS, BUT ALSO THE CHEAPEST RENTS IN ALL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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