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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1984

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BIG RESPONSE TO HOS OFFER

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THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL HOS BUYERS TODAY FLOCKED TO THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE, DISTRICT OFFICES AND ESTATE OFFICES TO COLLECT APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE FOUR ESTATES MARKETED UNDER PHASE VIA OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME.

THERE ARE 6 616 UNITS UNDER THE CURRENT SALES EXERCISE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID THAT BY 7 PM TODAY (TUESDAY), 16 000 APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED AT THE HO MAN TIN HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE ALONE.

SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE FORMS WERE HANDED OUT AT THE OTHER OUTLETS, INCLUDING THE APPLICATIONS SECTION AT HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS, HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATE OFFICES, AS WELL AS DISTRICT OFFICES.

THE 6 616 LAND-VALUE-FREE FLATS IN THIS PHASE ARE AT STU HONG COURT PHASE IV IN TUEN MUN, MAY SHING COURT IN SHA TIN, CHOI PO COURT PHASE I IN SHEUNG SHUI AND TAI PO PLAZA IN TAI PO.

FLAT SIZES VARY BETWEEN 41.3 AND 64.3 SQUARE METRES, WITH PRICES RANGING FROM $98 100 TO $248 800,

+FLATS ON THE TRIDENT BLOCKS IN MAY SHING COURT WILL FIRST BE SOLD TO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE (GREEN FORM) APPLICANTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TODAY, A RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS INSPECTED THE PROJECT MODELS AT THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE, AND COLLECTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME AND THE FOUR ESTATĖS.

APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE ON JULY 3. DURING THE APPLICATION PERIOD, THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE WILL OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM ON SUNDAYS TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.

$10M TO BE SPENT ON HOUSING WORKS

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TO SPEND $9.7 MILLION THIS FI YEAR IN THREE TERM CONTRACTS FOR RE-ROOFING AND INSULATI ON 59 BLOCKS IN 33 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES,

+THE WORKS WILL BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY PART OF THE AUTHORITY'S ON-GOING ESTATE MAINTENANCE PRO 3PANIE SAID AN AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN TODAY.

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