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Difficulties Anticipated
11.
Even if the number of buildings requiring height reductions
is thus reduced from 40 to 26 the difficulty of tackling them is still
great. It is therefore important to anticipate these difficulties and
find solutions to them in advance of action. If it is decided to take
action against these 26 buildings the most important of the consequential
problems would be compensation and rehousing arrangements.
that need to be considered are:-
12.
(a) Technical difficulties in demolition;
Other difficulties
(b) Provision of temporary accommodation for occupiers of the
lower floors of the affected building;
(c) Possible intervention from C.P.G.;
(d) Security; and
(e) Public relations.
The experience gained from action against the two unoccupied
buildings along Tung Tau Tsuen Road in July 1975 was not entirely
relevant as neither compensation nor rehousing came into it and the
height reduction was done (albeit reluctantly) by the developers
who wanted an early lifting of the closure order. In addition the
following factors also came into play:-
(a) The Chinese People Government did not intervene
probably because: it would not wish to oppose
compliance with international civil aviation standards;
public safety was at stake; Chinese aircraft do use
Kai Tak Airport from time to time and no one was
dispossessed in the course of action. Many of these
considerations would still apply in the current case
except that some of the occupants will be dispossessed.
It is therefore important to offer these people, however
undeserving, acceptable alternatives so as not to
embarrass the C.P.G.
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