XN000022-1984-12-16 — Page 5

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1984

APPLICATIONS FOR ESTATE FLATS BEGIN MONDAY

***

APPLICATION WILL BE INVITED TOMORROW (DECEMBER 17) FROM TWO- MEMBER FAMILIES ALREADY LIVING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, TO MOVE

INTO PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING.

NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES WILL BE PUT UP IN ALL 47 THAS.

+ THE SCHEME IS IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE RECENTLY-APPROVED NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION POLICIES WHICH AMONG MANY OTHER CHANGES ALLOW TWO-MEMBER FAMILIES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID TODAY.

}

+IT GIVES PRIORITY TO THE 9 000 TWO-MEMBER FAMILIES ALREADY LIVING IN THAS, INCLUDING THOSE IN HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY, WITH A TARGET TO HAVE THEM REHOUSED BY 1 990 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR LENGTH OF STAY IN THAS.

+ IT WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE THESE FAMILIES WITH IMPROVED ACCOMMODATION, BUT CAN ALSO HELP RELIEVE OVERCROWDING AMONG TENANTS.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID APPLICATIONS WOULD BE LIMITED TO RELATED TWO-MEMBER FAMILIES SUCH AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, PARENT AND CHILD, GRANDPARENT AND GRANDCHILD, BROTHER AND SISTER, AND APPLICANT AND A DEPENDANT RELATIVE.

TO QUALIFY FOR APPLICATION, HE SAID, APPLICANTS SHOULD INITIALLY MEET THE RELEVANT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA INCLUDING:

* APPLICANT SHOULD BE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE,

*

APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED INTO THA BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1985,

*

BOTH APPLICANT AND THE FAMILY MEMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS,

*

HAVING A FAMILY INCOME NOT EXCEEDING $4 000 A MONTH, AND

*

NEITHER THE APPLICANT NOR THE FAMILY MEMBER IS OWNER OF ANY DOMESTIC PROPERTY.

+APPLICATION WILL BE INVITED PERIODICALLY WHEN SUITABLE FLATS BECOME AVAILABLE IN ESTATES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+AFTER EACH INVITATION, A PRIORITY LIST WILL BE COMPILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LENGTH OF STAY IN THAS OF THE APPLICANTS FOR ALLOCATION REFERENCE.

+ IN CASE OF COMPETING APPLICATIONS, ALLOCATION WILL BE MADE TO THOSE FAMILIES WITH THE LONGER STAY IN THAS.+

/IN THIS