XN000022-1984-06-11 — Page 5

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1984

60 MORE +PENTHOUSES+ CONVERTED

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SIXTY MORE +PENTHOUSES+ HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FROM DTSUSED ROOFTOP SCHOOL PREMISES ON OLDER ESTATE BLOCKS TO HELP RELIEVE OVERCROWDING.

+INTAKE IS BEGINNING SOON FOR THESE FULLY SELF-CONTAINED FLATS WHICH VARY IN SIZE FROM 18 TO 42 SQUARE METRES,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY.

HE SAID CONVERTED ROOFTOP FLATS WERE SET ASIDE FOR OVERCROWDED FAMILIES MAINLY FROM WITHIN THE ESTATES.

+THE 60 NEW PENTHOUSES ARE ON SIX BLOCKS AT YAU TONG ESTATE. THE PROJECT COSTS OVER $1.9 MILLION.

+ROOFTOP FLATS HAVE PROVED EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG TENANTS OF OLDER ESTATES.+

SINCE THE SCHEME BEGAN IN 1975, THE SPOKESMAN SAID TOGETHER 652 PENTHOUSES HAD BEEN PROVIDED ON 47 BLOCKS AT SUCH ESTATES AS WANG TAU HOM, TUNG TAU, LOK FU, LOWER WONG TAI SIN, TAI WO HAU AND LEI CHENG UK.

+THE SCHEME NOT ONLY ACTS AS AN INTERIM MEASURE TO RELIEVE OVERCROWDING IN OLDER ESTATES, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A MORE SECURE SELF-CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS.+

THREE SUMMONSES AGAINST ABERDEEN RESTAURANT ****

THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO ISSUE THREE SUMMONSES AGAINST THE LICENSEE OF THE TAI PAK FLOATING RESTAURANT AT ABERDEEN,

THE LICENSEE WILL BE CHARGED WITH HAVING DIRTY PREMISES, HAVING THREE DIRTY CUPBOARDS FOR STORAGE OF FOOD UTENSILS, AND HAVING ALLOWED UNHYGIENIC HANDLING OF FOOD.

THIS WAS DECIDED TODAY FOLLOWING A JOINT INVESTIGATION OF THE RESTAURANT PREMISES BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE USD SAID: +TWO FOOD SAMPLES, OF COOKED SHRIMP AND CRAB MEAT, PLUS TWO SAMPLES OF TAP WATER, WERE TAKEN DURING TODAY'S OPERATION.

+ ADDITIONALLY, FIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SWABS WERE TAKEN OF KITCHEN UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT.

+THESE MEASURES