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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1991

PHASE I OF THE PROJECT COMPRISING THREE TOWER BLOCKS WAŚ COMPLETED IN AUGUST. IT COMPRISES 448 SALE FLATS AND 669 RENTAL FLATS INCLUDING 170 RENTAL UNITS DESIGNED FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.

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SO FAR, 176 ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE MOVED INTO THESE NEW

39 OF THEM PURCHASED SALE FLATS AT A DISCOUNT WHILE THE 137, INCLUDING 119 ELDERLY, TOOK UP RENTAL FLATS.

FLATS

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ANOTHER 372 ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS CHOSE TO MOVE INTO FLATS OF OTHER ESTATES OF THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY

EIGHT OF THEM PURCHASED SALE FLATS WHILE 364 MOVED INTO RENTAL FLATS.

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OF THE REMAINING ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, 79 WERE REHOUSED HOUSING DEPARTMENT 14 IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND 65 IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.

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SINGLETON ALLOWANCES WERE GRANTED ΤΟ 48 PERSONS, AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO REHOUSE THE REMAINING 10 FAMILIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS, ELIGIBLE Occupikks WERE ALSO GIVEN AN EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ ASSIST THEIR REMOVAL.

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THE CLEARANCE ALSO AFFECTED SOME 91 COMMERCIAL OPERATORS THREE LICENSED HAWKER STALLS FOR WHICH ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE BY THE HOUSING SOCIETY FOR PAYMENT OF EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE AND RESITE OF THE HAWKER STALLS THROUGH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

TODAY'S OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, ASSISTED BY THE POLICE AND STAFF FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, DISTRICT OFFICE, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING SOCIETY.

LORRY OF TAINTED VEGETABLES INTERCEPTED

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FOOD INSPECTORS OF THE

AFTERNOON INTERCEPTED AT MAN KILOGRAMMES OF VEGETABLES.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THIS (FRIDAY) KAM ΤΟ A LORRY LOADED WITH 310

QUICK SCREENING TESTS CONDUCTED ON THE VEGETABLES SHOWED POSITIVE SIGNS OF THE PRESENCE OF PESTICIDE.

THE IMPORTER, WHEN INFORMED, VOLUNTARILY

VEGETABLES FOR DESTRUCTION.

SURRENDERED THE

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