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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1974
NGAU CHI WAN SQUATTERS OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING
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MORE THAN 600 SQUATTERS OF CHING CHUNG CHUEN IN THE NGAU CHI WAN AREA HAVE BEEN OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING AT SAU MAU PING ESTATE.
IN ADDITION, ABOUT 400 ILLEGAL SQUATTERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN SITES AT KOWLOON BAY, HOMANTIN AND CHEUNG SHA WAN LICENSED AREAS TO REBUILD THEIR HOMES.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) DEMOLISHED 200 EMPTY WOODEN STRUCTURES LEFT BEHIND BY THESE SQUATTERS.
THE CLEARED LAND WILL INITIALLY BE USED FOR CONTROLLED TIPPING OF REFUSE. A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WILL BE BUILT THERE WHEN THE SITE IS FILLED.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ALSO PAID OUT NEARLY $400,000 TO COMPENSATE 52 FARMERS, PIGBREEDERS AND SHOP OPERATORS AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE. A WORKSHOP OPERATOR HAS ALSO BEEN OFFERED UNITS IN THE KWUN TONG FACTORY ESTATE.
NUMBER OF FIRES DROPS
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THE UNSEASONAL WEATHER BEING EXPERIENCED AT PRESENT HAS BROUGHT AT LEAST ONE BENEFIT TO HONG KONG A HEFTY REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF FIRES.
NORMALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FIREMEN ARE BUSY HANDLING BETWEEN 30 AND 50 CALLS A DAYS BUT SO FAR THIS MONTH THE DAILY AVERAGE HAS BEEN JUST UNDER 14 FIRES.
IN THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF NOVEMBER 1973, THERE WERE 353 FIRES OR AN AVERAGE OF 32 PER DAY DURING THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF THIS MONTH THERE HAD BEEN ONLY 152 FIRES.
+THIS PRESENTS A REDUCTION OF MORE THAN 50 PER CENT,+ A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY. +THIS IS MOST WELCOMED BUT THE PUBLIC MUST BE WARNED TO CONTINUE BEING CAREFUL AS DRIER WEATHER COULD RETURN AT ANY TIME AND BRING WITH IT AN IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN THE DANGER OF FIRE.+
HE SAID THE NUMBER OF FIRES WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF HUMIDITY.
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