No. 1
(Translation)
Cha Kwu Ling Villagers Fraternity` Assi 40 Cha Kwo Ling Main Street, Kowloon.
Secretary for Lands & Works
23 January 1986.
Dear Sir,
Objection to the clearance of village houses and acquisition of land in Cha Kwo Ling area for the construction of Eastern Harbour Crossing as announced in the
noitce published by the Secretary for Lands and Works on 3.1.86
According to the notices issued by the Housing Department
on 16.9.85 and 5.11.85, village houses at Nos. 1 - 25H, Cha Kwo Ling
Main Street are scheduled to be cleared on 22.5.86 to make way for
the Eastern Harbour Crossing. At that time, the consortium to under-
take the project was not yet selected and the layout and related
plans of the tunnel were not yet published either. On receiving
the villagers' complaints, we wrote to the departments concerned on
17.9.85, 12.11.85 and 9.12.85 enquiring about the purpose of the
resumption and the exact clearance boundary. As the Housing
Department fails to give us a clear resumption purpose (the initial
reply was "for permanent development" which was later changed to
"for the Eastern Harbour Crossing project") and a definite clearance
boundary, all villagers affected by the clearance registration are
living in constant fear that they may suffer heavy losses.
2.
In early December 1985, the successful consortium to
develop the Eastern Harbour Crossing was announced and plans for
the new tunnel were published. In response to our letters of