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"STARTING FROM NEXT MONTH,

UNSUCCESSFUL

APPLICANTS

WILL NOT BEEN

RECEIVE LETTERS INFORMING THEM THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS HAVE SUCCESSFUL, HE SAID.

APPLICANTS ARE REMINDED POSTED OF CHANGES IN THEIR ADDRESSES.

TO KEEP THE IMMIGRATION

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DEPARTMENT

WALLED CITY CLEAREES URGED TO OBserve CLEARANCE DEADLINE

CLEAREES UNDER THE FIRST

CITY

PHASE OF THE KOWLOON WALLED

THAT THEY MUST MOVE OUT BY CLEARANCE ARE REMINDED TODAY (FRIDAY) NOVEMBER 27 AND THOSE WHO FAIL TO DO SO WILL BE EVICTED.

DUTIES), MR CARRIED OUT IN THE

THE APPEALING TO

CLEAREES TO COMPLY WITH THE CLEARANCE DEADLINE, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (SPECIAL PHILIP CHOK, NOTED THAT THE CLEARANCE WAS BEING OVERALL INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

STRUCTURES,

THE "IT WILL SOLVE THE LONG-STANDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN WALLED

POOR HYGIENE AND FIRE SUCH AS UNSAFE CITY, HAZARDS," HE SAID.

AND

HAD

AND HAD

HE ADDED THAT THE CLEARANCE HAD PROGRESSED OVER FOUR YEARS OF CLEAREES TO DATE HE WAS HEARTENED TO SEE THAT THE MAJORITY ACCEPTED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMPENSATION AND REHOUSING OFFERS EITHER LEFT OR WOULD LEAVE THE WALLED CITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE,

THE

THE CLEARANCE,

LATEST ON THE FIRST PHASE OF

STATISTICS CENT OF A TOTAL 2,834 SHOWED THAT ONLY 75 HOUSEHOLDS, OR 2.65 PER HOUSEHOLDS, HAD YET TO ACCEPT GOVERNMENT'S OFFERS, MR CHOK SAID.

CLEAREES OVER

DUTIES OFFICE HAD PAST WEEKS IN AN ATTEMPT

REACH

BEEN MEETING THESE ΤΟ

A TIMELY

STAFF OF THE SPECIAL

THE SETTLEMENT, HE ADDED.

"THE CLEAREES SHOULD APPRECIATE

THAT THE

COMPENSATION

ARE VERY REASONABLE.

"MOREOVER, THOSE WHO ARE

TERMS

THE COMPENSATION TO SUBSTANTIATE TO THE ASSESSMENT REVIEW

DISSATISFIED WITH OFFERS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO EITHER SUBMIT DOCUMENTS A CLAIM FOR HIGHER COMPENSATION OR APPEAL BOARD WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER EVICTION," HE SAID.

BE TAKEN AGAINST

HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT FIRM ACTION WOULD THOSE CLEAREES WHO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE CLEARANCE DEADLINE.

THE CLEARANCE WILL BE CARRIED OUT

IN FOUR PHASES,

INVOLVING THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST SOME 10,780 HOUSEHOLDS. NOVEMBER 27 IS

APRIL AND PHASE WHILE THE REMAINING PHASES WILL BE CLEARED BY MARCH, JUNE 1992 RESPECTIVELY. A PARK WILL BE BUILT ON THE CLEARED SITE.

THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO COST OVER $3.1 BILLION. SO FAR GOVERNMENT HAS PAID OUT $2.27 BILLION.

THE

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