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Tuesday, February 12, 1974
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NGAU TAU. KOK CLEARANCE COMPLETED
The second phase of the Ngau Tau Kok clearance operation involving
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some 70 structures was completed smoothly today (Tuesday).
Housing Department staff and men started the operation early
in the morning and finished the job by about noon.
The area has now been handed over to the Crown Lands and Survey
Office of the Public Works Department, and is being fenced off.
Many of the more substantially built structures were demolished
by the factory operators employing their own contractors.
The cleared land, lying west of Kwun Tong Road on the Kowloon Bay
Reclamation, is needed for the construction of a mass transit railway
depot.
Today's clearance operation affected 31 factories, four shops, and 19 families comprising 64 people.
Eight families comprising 37 people who are eligible for public housing have moved to Kwai Shing and Lam Tin Estates, The others have
boen offered licensed area sites at Ma Taai Hang.
A total of $417,340 has been paid to 11 factory operators and another $17,800 to two shop owners as ex-gratia allowances.
Thirty-two factory units in Kwun Tong Factory Estate have also
Another two operators were given
been offered to eight factory operators.
licensed aroa.aites in Hạ Kwai Chung to rebuild their factories.
Mr. David Weeks, Administrative Officer (Clearance) said the operation could only have been such a success with the full support and co-operation of those affected.
The first phase of the Ngau Tau Kok clearance operation involving
more than 150 factories, shops and about 100 other structures was carried out
last June.
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