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Latest situation of Fai Ming Estate and Chun Yeung Estate
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Housing Authority:
 
     The Government will grant another $6,000 ex-gratia payment under the Anti-epidemic Fund to eligible public rental housing (PRH) applicants who have accepted advance allocation offers of Fai Ming Estate in Fanling and Chun Yeung Estate in Fo Tan to further relieve their difficulties. The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) has informed the prospective tenants on the latest situation of the progress of reinstatement of Fai Ming Estate and the arrangements after the cessation of the use of Chun Yeung Estate as a quarantine centre.
 
     "Under the Fund set up by the Government, the Housing Department earlier in mid-April disbursed a one-off ex-gratia payment of $6,000 per household to eligible PRH applicants who have accepted the advance allocation offers of Fai Ming Estate and Chun Yeung Estate. This was to help them tide over the problems and inconvenience caused by the deferred intake. To provide further assistance, the Government will grant another $6,000 ex-gratia payment under the Fund to eligible PRH applicants who have accepted the advance allocation offers of Fai Ming Estate and Chun Yeung Estate (but excluding the former prospective tenants of Fai Ming Estate and Chun Yeung Estate who have accepted allocation offers of other PRH estates and have signed the tenancy agreements and collected the flat keys on or before June 30), and they will be informed individually. The ex-gratia payment will be disbursed through cheques by post starting from mid-July," a spokesman for the HA said today (July 10).
 
     The HA has also issued letters to the prospective tenants of Fai Ming Estate and Chun Yeung Estate informing them of the latest situations of the two estates.
 
     "Consisting of two blocks with about 950 units in total, Fai Ming Estate was seriously vandalised and damaged on January 26. It takes time to complete the reinstatement works and the intake date has been delayed. We have been stepping up our efforts on the reinstatement of Fai Ming Estate. The progress of Sing Fai House is more satisfactory and acceptance testing is being conducted. Having regard to the current progress, Sing Fai House is expected to commence intake gradually from late July. For Tai Fai House, due to the severe damage, longer time for reinstatement works is required and it is expected that its intake could only commence gradually from the end of this year or early next year. We will continue to make our best endeavours to speed up the completion of the reinstatement works.
 
     "For Chun Yeung Estate, the Government announced on June 26 that Chun Yeung Estate would cease to be used as a quarantine centre in late July and be immediately handed over to the HA upon clearance and thorough disinfection of the relevant units. The HA will then immediately carry out detailed inspection on the condition of the estate and conduct relevant restoration works and acceptance testing with a view to completing all the relevant works as early as possible. Chun Yeung Estate consists of five blocks involving some 4 800 units in total and the restoration works required for individual blocks or units vary. Currently the best estimate is that prospective tenants of Chun Yeung Estate will move in under two batches. The intake of the first batch, involving Block 4 (i.e. Chun Sze House) and Block 5 (i.e. Chun Wu House), is estimated to begin gradually from late August. As for Blocks 1 to 3 (i.e. Chun Yat House, Chun Yi House and Chun San House), subject to detailed inspection and the condition of the blocks and units, it is estimated that more extensive restoration works may be required and hence their intake may only commence gradually from late October," the spokesman said.
 
Ends/Friday, July 10, 2020
Issued at HKT 17:00
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