MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1986
YAU MA TEI AREA TO BE REDEVELOPED
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GOVERNMENT HAS WRITTEN TO TENANTS AFFECTED BY THE FIRST PHASE OF A REDEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE IN YAU MA TEI OFFERING THEM ASSISTANCE.
THE LETTER FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SECTION OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT STATES THAT GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE +TOWARDS YOUR REMOVAL ON AN EX-GRATIA BASIS+.
THE LETTER ALSO OUTLINES RE-HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE.
THE LETTERS FOLLOW THE SERVING OF NOTICES TO VACATE TO ABOUT 300 TENANTS OF THE SIX STREETS REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME ON SEPTEMBER 1.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE HOUSING SOCIETY HAD ADVISED THAT ELIGIBLE TENANTS WHO DID NOT OWN OR HAVE AN INTEREST IN OTHER DOMESTIC PROPERTY WOULD BE OFFERED REHOUSING EITHER IN HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATES IN THE URBAN AREA OR SELECTED HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES.
THOSE ELIGIBLE WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO BUY AT A DISCOUNT A FLAT IN THE SIX STREETS REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME OR IN ANOTHER HOUSING SOCIETY URBAN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME DEVELOPMENT.
RESIDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT HOUSING WOULD BE OFFERED ACCOMMODATION IN HOUSING AUTHORITY TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.
HE SAID THE HOUSING SOCIETY HAD ALSO ADVISED THAT TENANTS AFFECTED BY PHASE 1 OF THE CLEARANCE HAD ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED ABOUT REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS AND SOME HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED REHOUSING.
NON-STATUTORY EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES WOULD BE OFFERED TO AFFECTED TENANTS, BASED ON THE USE AND THE AREA OCCUPIED, AT STANDARD RATES APPROVED BY FINANCE COMMITTEE.
MEASURING OF PREMISES WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY DEPARTMENT STAFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PROGRAMME ADVISED TO TENANTS BY LETTER.
AS REGARDS EX-OWNERS OF THE SIX STREETS, THE HOUSING SOCIETY HAS AGREED THAT THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY IN SELECTING A UNIT IN THE REDEVELOPMENT FOR PURCHASE AT FULL MARKET PRICE.
EX-OWNERS WILL NEED TO REGISTER THEIR INTEREST WITH THE HOUSING SOCIETY BEFORE THE END OF DECEMBER.
ALL EX-OWNERS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN OFFERED $6 000 PER FLOOR
BY GOVERNMENT ON AN EX-GRATIA BASIS.
ABOUT A THIRD HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED AND THE SPOKESMAN SAID OTHERS NOW WISHING TO DO SO SHOULD APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT.
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