WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1974.
CHAI WAN ESTATE TO BE GIVEN NEATER LOOK
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CHAI VAN ESTATE WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERGO ING A SERIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IS TO HAVE ANOTHER CLEAN-UP TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE OPERATION INVOLVES THE CLEARANCE OF MORE THAN 170 ILLEGAL HAWKER STRUCTURES, 120 OVERSIZE SUNSHADES, AS WELL AS SOME 80 ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS, UNAUTHORISED SIGN BOARDS ETC., FROM BLOCKS 16 TO 27. ITS OBJECT IS TO TIDY UP THE ESTATE AND TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR LIVING.
AFTER CLEARING THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AN ORDERLY HAWKER RESITE AREA WILL BE FORMED ON THE PAVEMENT AROUND BLOCK 17. THOSE HAWKERS ELIGIBLE FOR RESITE WILL BE ALLOCATED STALLS AT THE BAZAAR WHEN IT IS READY IN ONE OR TWO WEEKS.
THE HOUSING MANAGER, MR. CHAN YUI-LOON, SAID THE ESTATE IS NOW MUCH TIDIER AND CLEANER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO WHEN THE FIRST OPERATION OF THIS NATURE WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE ESTATE.
+WE HAVE SO FAR COMPLETED THREE OPERATIONS AND THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE ESTATE WILL BE ENTIRELY DEALT WITH AFTER TOMORROW'S OPERATION.+
+WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE EASTERN SECTION AT A LATER DATE WHEN PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALISED,+ HE SAID.
ALL 25 GROUP B ESTATES, APART FROM LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE, LOK FU AND LOWER SHEK KIP ME! HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP SINCE 1971 WHEN THE SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED. THE REMAINING ESTATES WILL BE DEALT WITH AS SOON AS PLANS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT.
TEMPORARY WATER CUT ******
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN FANLING, NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR EIGHT HOURS AS FROM 10 P.M. ON FRIDAY CJULY 12).
MAINS
THE TEMPORARY STOPPAGE IS TO FACILITATE A WATER MA INS CONNECTION AT ON LOK TSUEN, FANLING.
ALL PREMISES AT ON LOK TSUEN WILL BE AFFECTED, INCLUDING SHUNG HIM TONG TSUEN AND AU WAI LAM LAUNDRY.
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