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Officers from the Housing Department (HD) have reached out to dwellers of bedspace apartments to help them to understand how to apply for public rental housing.
A spokesman for the HD said today (March 27), "We have been doing this outreaching exercise since 2009, and we hope to help eligible dwellers of licensed bedspace apartments to improve their living conditions."
Officers from the department's Applications Sub-section have been visiting 10 licensed private bedspace apartments in Yau Tsim Mong, Wan Chai and Eastern District in the exercise, which started last night and will continue tonight.
They have been distributing application forms to dwellers who have not yet applied for public rental housing and explaining to them the criteria and necessary procedures for making an application. Enquiries by interested and eligible dwellers who want to file an application can be answered immediately.
Application forms have also been distributed to the occupants of two purpose-built singleton hostels through non-government organisations.
Interested parties should send the completed application forms, together with the necessary documents, to the Applications Sub-section, Housing Department, PO Box 89192, Kowloon City Post Office. They may also deliver their applications in person to the Hong Kong Housing Authority's Customer Service Centre at Lok Fu.
Ends/Thursday, March 27, 2014
Issued at HKT 15:01
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