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AS PART OF A CLEARANCE OPERATION TO MAKE WAY FOR MTR DEVELOPMENT
IN TSUEN WAN, SHUM KWAN CHI'S FAMILY COMPRISING EIGHT PERSONS WERE EVICTED ON 7 SEPTEMBER FROM TWO STRUCTURES (A SMALL SHOP
AND A WORKSHOP) WHICH THEY OWNED AT SHEUNG HO PA, NORTH TSUEN WAN.
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2. SHUM KWAN-CHI WAS ELIGIBLE FOR AND HAD ALREADY RECEIVED EX GRATIA COMPENSATION FROM MTR FOR BOTH STRUCTURES. AS THE FAMILY ALSO OWN A FLAT IN TSUEN WAN, THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
3. DEMOLITION OF THE TWO STRUCTURES WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 6 SEPTEMBER, DUE NOTICE HAVING BEEN SERVED, BUT ACTION WAS DEFERRED UNTIL 7 SEPTEMBER AT SHUM'S REQUEST,
4. ON 7 SEPTEMBER WHEN SHUM AND FAMILY STILL REFUSED TO VACATE
THE PREMISES, POLICE WERE CALLED BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO EVICT THEM. THE FAMILY ATTEMPTED TO RESIST EVICTION AND ALL SEVEN ADULT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE CHARGED IN TSUEN WAN COURT ON THE
AFTERNOON OF 7 SEPTEMBER FOR OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC OFFICERS IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTY. THEY PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND THE CASE WAS REMANDED TO 14 SEPTEMBER.
5. NO CHILD WAS INJURED DURING THE EVICTION PROCEEDINGS, BUT AFTER THE EVICTION ON 7 SEPTEMBER ONE ELDER SON, SHUM KIN-ON, AGED 22 REPEAT 22, WAS TAKEN TO THE LADY TRENCH CLINIC COMPLAINING OF DIZZINESS AND SORE THROAT. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH
HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION THE SAME DAY, AND DISCHARGED ON 8
SEPTEMBER.
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