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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1978

YUEN LONG SITE TO BE DEVELOPED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO DEVELOP A LARGE AREA IN YUEN LONG TO PROVIDED SITE FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR ABOUT 11,000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF 1980.

WORK WILL START SOON ON THE SITE FORMATION AT SHUI PIN WEI AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER THIS YEAR.

FACILITIES WITHIN THE ESTATE WILL INCLUDE A NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL AND A MARKET.

THE ACTING YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER MR. K.K. FUNG, SAID TODAY THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WAS PLANNED TO COPE WITH THE Future DEVELOPMENT OF THE GROWING YUEN LONG MARKET TOWN.

HE SAID THE SITE FORMATION WORK WOULD COST ABOUT $4 MILLION AND WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CONTRACTORS.

TO FACILITATE THE WORK MR. FUNG SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WILL RESUME ABOUT 16,700 SQUARE METRES OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND AT SHUI PIN WEI,

NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE RECENTLY.

THE LAND RESUMPTION WILL INVOLVE THE CLEARANCE OF THREE TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES, A FOOD-PROCESSING FACTORY AND 10 OTHER ANCILLARY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.

+DEPENDING ON THEIR ELIGIBILITY, DISPLACED FAMILIES

WILL BE OFFERED EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING OR SPACE IN A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA.

+ IF NO REHOUSING IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THEN THE FAMILY MAY OPT FOR A RESITE TOGETHER WITH AN EX-GRATIA' ALLOWANCE OF $5,000, BUT THE FAMILY WILL FORFEIT PRIORITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, + HE SAID.

LAND OWNERS INVOLVED IN THE RESUMPTION WILL BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVE OF CASH COMPENSATION OR LAND EXCHANGE DOCUMENTS, HE ADDED.

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