(v) outside seating for general and light refreshment restaurants
in Marks I, II and III estates;
(vi) uprating of electrical supplies in Mark VI blocks;
(vii) shop balloting policy;
(viii) quotas for domestic and shop resettlement on compassionate
grounds;
(ix) individual water supplies to Mark III and IV blocks;
(x) annual review of shop gradings for Marks I–V blocks;
(xi) television aerials in resettlement estates;
(xii) empty resettlement shops;
(xiii) relief of overcrowding in Mark I and II estates;
(xiv) conversion of Mark I and II blocks; pilot scheme at Wong
Tai Sin;
(xv) splitting of families;
(xvi) deletion of absentees from domestic rooms.
32. The joint appeals sub-committee of the Resettlement Policy and Resettlement Management Select Committees formed five panels during the year, the membership of which is shown in Appendix 3. The panels met 14 times to discuss 23 appeals; the Select Committees met 44 times. Members asked 37 questions about resettlement at full Urban Council meetings, and the department received some 590 letters from Councillors on behalf of over 320 members of the public.
CHAPTER 3
SQUATTER CONTROL
33. The Squatter Control sub-division of the Operations division is responsible primarily for preventing the erection of new structures or extensions to tolerated structures (as defined in paragraph 35) on Crown land, leased land and the rooftops and kitchen rooftops of private residential, commercial and industrial premises within the urban area and in the Tsuen Wan District of the New Territories. It also has other subsidiary duties which are mentioned below. The District Commissioner, New Territories, is responsible for squatter control in the New Territories outside Tsuen Wan, although he is assisted in this by Resettlement Officers and Assistant Resettlement Officers seconded from the Resettlement Department for squatter control duties in Yuen Long and Tai Po Districts.
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