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SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1985

+SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS SHOW THE TWO FAMILIES HAVE MOVED INTO SELF-OWNED PROPERTIES, ONE IN TAI KOK TSUI AND THE OTHER IN TO KWA WAN. +

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE APPEALS COMMITTEE WAS SATISFIED THAT TERMINATION OF TENANCY WOULD NOT CAUSE HARDSHIP TO THE APPELLANTS AS THEY WERE ALREADY LIVING IN PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION.

THE THIRD CASE INVOLVED A TWO-MEMBER FAMILY FROM LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE WHO WAS SERVED A NOTICE-TO-QUIT LAST JULY FOR IMPROPER OCCUPATION OF THE FLAT.

THE TENANT APPEALED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH, CLAIMING THAT BECAUSE SHE WAS A CLEANSING WORKER WITH A RESTAURANT AND HER HUSBAND A WATCHMAN ON NIGHT SHIFTS, THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN HOME EARLY AT NIGHT.

AS A RESULT, THEY WERE THEN GIVEN ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND A THREE-MONTH PERIOD DURING WHICH THE OCCUPANCY POSITION WAS PUT UNDER CLOSE OBSERVATION.

AT A RECENT REVIEW OF THE CASE, IT WAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE NOTICE-TO-QUIT AFTER THE FAMILY WAS FOUND TO HAVE TAKEN HEED OF THE APPEALS COMMITTEE'S ADVICE TO RESUME REGULAR OCCUPATION OF THE ESTATE FLAT.

DB MEMBERS VISIT MTR ISLAND LINE STATIONS

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ABOUT 20 MEMBERS OF THE NEW EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (SUNDAY) VISITED A NUMBER OF STATIONS ALONG THE MTR ISLAND LINE TO LOOK OVER THE FACILITIES AND OPERATION,

THE TOUR STARTED AT THE CHAI WAN STATION, AN OVERHEAD STATION AND THE EASTERN TERMINAL POINT OF THE ISLAND LINE. THE NEXT STOP WAS AT THE UNDERGROUND STATION IN SHAU KEI WAN, LOCATED BENEATH THE ALDRICH BAY RECLAMATION.

BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT ALL THE STATIONS ALONG THE ISLAND LINE FROM ADMIRALTY TO CHAI WAN WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 30, WHILE THE STATIONS FROM ADMIRALTY TO SHEUNG WAN WILL BE OPEN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. NINE OF THE 14 STATIONS ON THE MTR ISLAND LINE ARE LOCATED IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON,

MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, ALSO JOINED THE TOUR, WHICH WAS THE FIRST PART OF AN ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. TO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES.

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