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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1984

+THIS AVOIDS THE NEED FOR FAMILIES CONCERNED TO SUBMIT FRESH APPLICATIONS IN CASES WHERE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE GENUINELY CHANGED MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE FOR HOUSING AGAIN.

+APPLCATIONS PREVIOUSLY CANCELLED FOR OVER-SPACE CAN ALSO REGISTER ON THE RESERVE WAITING LIST 12 MONTHS AFTER CANCELLATION OF THEIR APPLICATIONS.+

REFERRING TO THE REMOVAL OF THE SPACE LIMIT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS MADE IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE ALLOCATION STANDARD HAD BEEN GRADUALLY RAISED OVER THE YEARS.

HE SAID THE CURRENT SPACE STANDARD WAS EQUIVALENT TO 4.8 SQUARE METRES PER PERSON OF LIVING AREA AND ONLY A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF APPLICANTS ON THE WAITING LIST OCCUPIED ACCOMMODATION EXCEEDING THIS SPACE STANDARD. THEREFORE, IT WAS CONSIDERED NOT NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT HOME VISITS TO VERIFY THE SPACE THEY OCCUPIED.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THOSE WHO OWN DOMESTIC PROPERTY WOULD STILL BE DE BARRED FROM REGISTERING ON THE WAITING LIST.

TENDERS INVITED FOR NEW HOUSING PROJECT ******

PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON TSING YI ISLAND IS TO GET A BOOST AS BUILDING TENDERS ARE INVITED TODAY FOR A SIXTH ESTATE THERE.

THREE 35-STOREY TRIDENT | BLOCKS AND ONE 21-STOREY SLAB BLOCK WILL BE BUILT UNDER THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT, CHEUNG ON ESTATE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID THESE MODERN BLOCKS WOULD HOUSE 14 800 PEOPLE IN 3 426 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS BY 1988.

+WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SCHOOLS, A FOUR-STOREY CAR PARK WITH A LANDSCAPED PODIUM AND TWO FOOTBRIDGES.

+CHEUNG ON ESTATE, TO BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES, WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR ALTOGETHER 32 000 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED BY LATE 1988.+

ALSO INVITED TODAY ARE PILING TENDERS FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF LONG PING ESTATE IN YUEN LONG.

/+WORK WILL