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(b) On what various grounds are squatters resited to these areas?
(c) Are any other licensed areas likely to be made available in the near future, and if so, where?
(d) What is the total capacity of the popular Cheung Sha Wan resite area, and how many squatters are actually living there at present?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:-
Sir, there are 16 Class II Licensed Areas in the urban areas of which eight have vacancies. These are at Chai Wan reclamation, Mount Butler, Fu Tau Wat, Mount Davis, Ap Lei Chau, Ngok Yue Shan, Jordan Valley, and Sam Ka Chuen. The total capacity of Cheung Sha Wan Licensed Area is about 5,000 persons and it is at present fully occupied.
Sites in Class II Licensed Areas are in general offered to persons who are not eligible for resettlement but who would otherwise be homeless. The majority of cases are of would-be new squatters whose huts are demolished by the squatter control staff or of impostors found at clearances. However, there are other categories of cases, which include boat squatters resited under the voluntary clearance scheme; and rooftop squatters made homeless by the condemnation or redevelopment of the host building.
There are no new Licensed Areas likely to become available in the immediate future. One possible site at Ma Chai Hang is at present under consideration.
MRS. ELLIOTT:- Mr. Chairman, I notice that the Commissioner says nothing about social welfare cases. Does he mean that there are no social welfare cases asking for resite?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: --- There are social welfare cases indeed, Mr. Chairman. I gave the majority of cases, there are one or two others of which social welfare cases are one, but they do not amount to very great numbers at present.
MRS. ELLIOTT:- Mr. Chairman, it was the social welfare cases I was worried about. Can the Commissioner suggest any way of finding sites for social welfare cases, because from the ones who come to me I would judge that, because of the high rents they have to pay, they want resites, and if we put them in areas where they now have to pay bus fares, then we are just solving one problem to cause another. Is there any possibility of seeking sites for these people?
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COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: - We are, of course, considering the possibility of getting extra sites. It all depends on the availability, and I think Members are aware that sites in the more central areas are extremely difficult to find.
MRS. ELLIOTT:- Mr. Chairman, may I ask the Commissioner if he could contact the Public Works Department to find out if there is anything in the Sham Shui Po area at all because this is the area that most poor people require?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: - I shall be glad to do so, Mr. Chairman.
MR. HU: Mr. Chairman, I would ask the Commissioner, how about Ap Lei Chau resite area? Is there any plan to use this resite area for building Resettlement Estates?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:- Not that I am aware of, Mr. Chairman.
(2) MRS. E. ELLIOTT asked the following question:-
(a) What is the total number of names on the original waiting list of pig-breeders and cultivators eligible for shops? (b) How many of these have already been allocated shops, and what was the date of registration for shop resettlement of the latest allocated?
(c) What is the average number of shops allocated to such people yearly, and how many were allocated in the financial year ending 31st March, 1969?
(d) When does the Department expect to clear the waiting list?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:
Sir, there were 1,673 names on the original waiting list of pig-breeders and cultivators eligible for shops. Of these 1,409 have been allocated shops.
The most recent allocation was in March this year, which was to persons originally registered in December 1963.
It would be misleading to quote the number of shops allocated each year as some of the people concerned were entitled to double-bay shops and others elected to receive a half-bay shop ahead of their turn rather than wait for their full entitlement. However, the average number of people who have been allocated shops has been around...
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(b) On what various grounds are squatters resited to these
areas?
(c) Are any other licensed areas likely to be made available
in the near future, and if so, where?
(d) What is the total capacity of the popular Cheung Sha Wan resite area, and how many squatters are actually living there at present?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:-
Sir, there are 16 Class II Licensed Areas in the urban areas of which eight have vacancies. These are at Chai Wan reclamation, Mount Butler, Fu Tau Wat, Mount Davis, Ap Lei Chau, Ngok Yue Shan, Jordan Valley, and Sam Ka Chuen. The total capacity of Cheung Sha Wan Licensed Area is about 5,000 persons and it is at present fully occupied.
Sites in Class II Licensed Areas are in general offered to persons who are not eligible for resettlement but who would otherwise be homeless. The majority of cases are of would-be new squatters whose huts are demolished by the squatter control staff or of impostors found at clearances. However there are other categories of cases, which include boat squatters resited under the voluntary clearance scheme; and rooftop squatters made homeless by the condemnation or redevelopment of the host building.
There are no new Licensed Areas likely to become available in the immediate future. One possible site at Ma Chai Hang is at present under consideration.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, I notice that the Commissioner says nothing about social welfare cases. Does he mean that there are no social welfare cases asking for resite?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: ---There are social welfare cases indeed, Mr. Chairman. I gave the majority of cases, there are one or two others of which social welfare cases are one, but they do not amount to very great numbers at present.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, it was the social welfare cases I was worried about. Can the Commissioner suggest any way of finding sites for social welfare cases, because from the ones who come to me I would judge that, because of the high rents they have to pay, they want resites, and if we put them in areas where they now have to pay bus fares, then we are just solving one problem to cause another. Is there any possibility of seeking sites for these people?
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COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT : -We are, of course, consider- ing the possibility of getting extra sites. It all depends on the availability, and I think Members are aware that sites in the more central areas are extremely difficult to find.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, may I ask the Commissioner if he could contact the Public Works Department to find out if there is anything in the Sham Shui Po area at all because this is the area that most poor people require?
COMMISSIONER for ResetTLEMENT:
Chairman.
I shall be glad to do so, Mr.
MR. HU: Mr. Chairman, I would ask the Commissioner, how about Ap Lei Chau resite area? Is there any plan to use this resite area for building Resettlement Estates?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-Not that I am aware of, Mr.
Chairman.
(2) MRS. E. ELLIOTT asked the following question:-
(a) What is the total number of names on the original waiting list of pig-breeders and cultivators eligible for shops? (b) How many of these have already been allocated shops, and what was the date of registration for shop resettlement of the latest allocated?
(c) What is the average number of shops allocated to such people yearly, and how many were allocated in the financial year ending 31st March, 1969?
(d) When does the Department expect to clear the waiting list?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:
Sir, there were 1,673 names on the original waiting list of pigbreeders and cultivators eligible for shops. Of these 1,409 have been allocated shops.
The most recent allocation was in March this year, which was
to persons originally registered in December 1963.
It would be misleading to quote the number of shops allocated each year as some of the people concerned were entitled to double-bay shops and others elected to receive a half-bay shop ahead of their turn rather than wait for their full entitlement. However, the average number of people who have been allocated shops has been around
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