XN000022-1984-07-13 — Page 9

FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1984

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AMONG THOSE HAVING PAID RENTS, 222 PEOPLE FROM 56 FAMILIES HAVE MOVED OUT FROM TIN SHUT WAI. ALSO GONE ARE 21 FAMILIES WHO HAVE OPTED FOR EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES IN EXCHANGE FOR REHOUSING.

ONLY 30 FAMILIES WERE FOUND INELIGIBLE FOR REHOUSING EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION OR MOVED IN AFTER THE INITIAL SURVEY. BUT EIGHT OF THESE INELIGIBLE FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY MOVED OUT THEMSELVES.

FURTHERMORE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED SEVEN APPLICATIONS FROM SEVEN FAMILIES TO RESITE THEIR HOMES AND AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ELSEWHERE.

ANOTHER 47 APPLICATIONS FOR RESITING HAVE ALSO BEEN APPROVED, BUT THE APPLICANTS HAVE NOT YET INDICATED THEIR ACCEPTANCE.

THE SPOKESMAN APPEALED TO VILLAGERS WHO HAD NOT YET TAKEN UP OFFERS OF REHOUSING, ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS OR RESITE ARRANGEMENTS TO MAKE EARLY DECISIONS SO THAT THEIR CASES COULD BE PROCESSED WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.

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MORE FLOCK TO PUBLIC POOLS

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MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE TAKING TO PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS TO ESCAPE FROM THE CURRENT HEAT WAVE.

THE SENIOR AMENITIES OFFICER (SWIMMING) OF THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR PAUL CHEUNG, SAID THAT OVER 632 000 PEOPLE FLOCKED TO TEN URBÁN COUNCIL SWIMMING POOLS IN JUNE ALONE, AND THERE HAD BEEN NO SIGN OF A LET-UP THIS MONTH.

HE SAID THE TOTAL REPRESENTED A TREMENDOUS INCREASE OVER THE FIGURES FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTHS -- 38 464 IN MARCH, 72 654 IN APRIL AND 242 307 IN MAY.

OF THE TOTAL ADMISSION RECORDED IN JUNE, 291 519 WERE ADULTS, 272 520 WERE CHILDREN AND THR REST WERE THOSE EITHER TAKING THE COUNCIL'S LEARN-TO-SWIM+ COURSES OR SWIMMING LESSONS ORGANISED BY SCHOOLS.

THE POOLS MOST HEAVILY PATRONISED WERE THE NEWLY-OPENED LAI CHI KOK PARK SWIMMING POOL (104 692), KWUN TONG SWIMMING POOL (100 766), MORSE PARK SWIMMING POOL (79 427), LEI CHENG UK SWIMMING POOL (71 673) AND VICTORIA PARK SWIMMING POOL (65 042).

MORRISON BILL