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Wells: The cost of making eight wells at Kam Tin, Pan Chung, Wo Hop Shek, Ping Kong, Yu Kok, Tsat Sing Kong and Nam Shui Po is $2,400.
Houses: Free sites are given in exchange for land on which houses now stand and the question of compensation for building land resumed at Shing Mun should not arise. The existing dwellings at Shing Mun have been measured and it is necessary to provide for the erection of buildings of the same cubic content in the new villages subject only to approval of plans. It is proposed to allow the villagers to construct their own houses, Government paying in accordance with the following table, for
(1) Dwellings, by contract (contractors engaged by villagers) as the work proceeds, at a flat rate of 12 cents per cubic foot.
(2) Outhouses, roughly constructed by the villagers themselves, at their value as they now stand in Shing Mun.
Cost of New Dwellings Compensation for Outhouses Kam Tin $106,056 $4,838 Pan Chung $22,463 $891 Wo Hop Shek $9,022 $926 Shek Ku Lung $1,745 $71 Ping Kong $10,564 $759 Yue Kok $9,152 $491 Tsat Sing Kong $6,458 $161 Nam Shui Po $2,814 $209 Compensation (Outside owners) $1,874 Total: $170,148 $8,346There being now 200 dwellings, this works out roughly at $850 a house including temples, and should ensure a good type of building throughout.
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Wells: The cost of making eight wells at Kam Tin, Pan Chung, Wo Hop Shek, Ping Kong, Yu Kok, Tsat Sing Kong and Nam Shui Po is $2,400.
Houses: Free sites are given in exchange for land on which houses now stand and the question of compensation for building land resumed at Shing Mun should not arise. The existing dwellings at Shing Mun have been measured and it is necessary to provide for the erection of buildings of the same cubic content in the new villages subject only to approval of plans. It is proposed to allow the villagers to construct their own houses, Government paying in accordance with the following table, for
(1) Dwellings, by contract (contractors engaged by villagers) as the work proceeds, at a flat rate of 12 cents per cubic foot.
(2) Outhouses, roughly constructed by the villagers themselves,
at their value as they now stand in Shing Mun.
Cost of New Compensation for
dwellings
outhouses
Kam Tin
$106,056
$4,838
Pan Chung
22,463
891
Wo Hop Shek
9.022
926
Shek Ku Lung
1,745
71
Ping Kong
10.564
759
Yue Kok
9,152
491
Tsat Sing Kong
6,458
161
Nam Shui Po
2,814
209
Compensation (Outside owners)
1,874
Total: $170,148
$8,346
There being now 200 dwellings, this works out roughly at $850 a house including temples, and should ensure a good type of building throughout.
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