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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1974
IMPROVEMENT WORKS IN CHEUNG SHA WAN LICENSED AREA
START TOMORROW
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CONSTRUCTION WORK ON TWO NEW MAIN ROADS RUNNING THROUGH AREA +C+ OF CHEUNG SHA WAN LICENSED AREA WILL START TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
THE WORK, TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS, IS PART OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE RESIDENTS THERE. OTHER IMPROVEMENT WORKS INCLUDE THE SURFACING OF A PLAY AREA NEARDY AND THE PROVISION OF AN ADDITIONAL FIRE EXIT.
MAINTENANCE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO INSPECT THE DRAINS THERE TO SEE WHETHER THEY NEED REPAIR ING.
MEANWHILE THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN AN ASSURANCE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT IT WILL KEEP THE ACTIVITIES AT THE NEARBY POULTRY LAAN TO THE MINIMUM. ONLY LOCAL POULTRY, MAINLY CHICKENS, WILL BE SOLD THERE, AND NONE WILL BE KEPT OVERNIGHT="
THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO EMPLOY A RESPONSIBLE FIRM TO TAKE CARE OF THE LAAN TO ENSURE THAT IT IS KEPT CLEAN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SAID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS BEING DONE TO PROVIDE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR CHEUNG SHA WAN LICENSED AREA RESIDENTS.
+BUT THE DEPARTMENT MUST SEE TO THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS IN OTHER LICENSED AREAS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, HE ADDED.
REFERRING TO THE LICENSEES' REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE REHOUSING THE SPOKESMAN RE-ITERATED THAT THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME AS THERE ARE SOME 8,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN KOWLOON LICENSED AREAS FOR LONGER PERIODS THAN THE GROUP.
HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHEUNG SHA WAN LICENCEES HAD BEEN PROMISED REHOUSING BEFORE THE END OF 1975. THE SPOKESMAN SAID NEW BLOCKS WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1975 IN THREE NEW ESTATES IN THE KWAI CHUNG AREA BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO SAY AT THIS STAGE WHICH BLOCK THE RESIDENTS WOULD MOVE INTO.
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