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Wednesday, July 19, 1972
NO SERIOUS RISK OF LANDSLIDE OR FLOODING IN RESITE AREA
A squatter resite area in Hong Ning Road, Kwun Tong, can still
be used provided one unoccupied section is left vacant and drainage
channels are improved.
This decision follows inspections by an experienced engineer
of the Public Works Department who had, since the June reainstorms, also
examined many other licensed areas, squatter areas and cottage areas.
"There appears to be no serious risk of landslide or flooding in
this area," the Commissioner for Resettlement, the Hon. I.M. Lightbody,
said in reply to a question by the Hon. R. Lobo in the Legislative Council
this afternoon.
"But as an added precaution the engineer who conducted these
inspections has recommended that further detailed investigations of this and
other sites should be made to determine their stability more exactly,'
Mr. Lightbody added.
Following the inspections by the engineer, many areas or parts
of areas have been scheduled for clearance.
More than 24,000 people are to be removed. The great majority
of them will be eligible for public housing, and the rest will be eligible
for re-siting.
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