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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1990

APPLICATION FORMS AND INFORMATION LEAFLETS ARE ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AT HAPPY VALLEY.

THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRY IS JUNE 30,

1990.

AVAILABLE AT SPORTS ROAD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE HEADQUARTERS ON 576 1371.

CONTACT THE

VOLUNTEERS'

$14.51 MILLION EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE PAID TO FACTORY TENANTS

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS SO FAR PAID OUT MORE THAN $14.51 MILLION EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE TO 117 TENANTS OF CHEUNG SHA WAN FACTORY BLOCK ONE WHICH IS PLANNED FOR DEMOLITION THIS YEAR.

CENT

A HOUSING SPOKESMAN SAID THE AMOUNT REPRESENTS ABOUT 42 PER OF THE TOTAL $34.18 MILLION ALLOWANCE ALLOCATED TO HELP THE 254 TENANTS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO MOVE OUT OF THE BLOCK BEFORE JUNE 1.

A TOTAL OF 80 TENANTS HAVE ALSO SUCCEEDED IN GETTING ALTERNATIVE FACTORY UNITS TO CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS IN RESTRICTED TENDERING EXERCISES SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR THEM SINCE MAY LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE BLOCK WILL BE DEMOLISHED.

THEY INCLUDED FIVE TENANTS WHO SUCCEEDED IN TENDERING FOR ALTERNATIVE FACTORY UNITS IN A RECENT EXERCISE HELD AT TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THIS WAS THE SEVENTH RESTRICTED TENDERING EXERCISE HELD FOR THE TENANTS AND A TOTAL OF 93 FACTORY UNITS OF VARYING SIZES LOCATED IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR TENDERING,

ALL OF THE UNITS TAKEN UP BY THE TENANTS IN THE EXERCISE WERE IN THE URBAN AREA AND MOST OF THEM WERE AWARDED TO BIDS EQUIVALENT TO THE UPSET MONTHLY RENT, INCLUDING RATES.

THESE UNITS, WITH AREAS RANGING FROM 19 TO 76 SQUARE METERS, WERE LFT AT MONTHLY RENTS OF BETWEEN $2,220 AND $5,540.

"SOME TENANTS HAVE ALREADY MOVED OUT AND SURRENDERED UNITS TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. NOTICES TO QUIT WILL BE ISSUED TO THE REMAINING TENANTS THIS WEEK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THEIR

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