香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1976
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY ON ELECTRIFICATION OF
SQUATTER AREAS PUBLISHED
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THE PLAN WORKED OUT FOR THE PILOT ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME OF SIX SQUATTER VILLAGES IN KOWLOON HAS NOW BECOME THE BLUEPRINT FO PROVIDING A SAFE AND PROPER SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TO OTHER SC JATTER AREAS.
IN ITS REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY (SUNDAY), THE WORKING PARTY ON ELECTRIFICATION OF SQUATTER AREAS SAYS THE PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS THE BASIS FOR SIMILAR SCHEMES IN TAI PO, SHAM SHUI PO AND KOWLOON CITY. OTHER AREAS ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED AS WELL.
PROBLEMS WHICH SEEMED INSURMOUNTABLE A YEAR AGO HAVE BEEN OVERCOME AND THE REPORT DETAILS HOW THESE WERE DEALT WITH AND THE COMPROMISES REACHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
ALTHOUGH MOST SQUATTER AREAS HAD SOME KIND OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, IT WAS ON AN ILLEGAL BASIS AND AT AN EXORBITANT COST TO CONSUMERS AND LEAVING MUCH TO BE DESIRED IN THE WAY OF EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
IN SOME AREAS, THE TWO POWER COMPANIES SUPPLIED THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURES, THAT 15, THOSE BUILT OF STONE OR CONCRETE LEAVING THE LESS SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURES WITHOUT SUPPLY. THE LATTER IN TURN ILLEGALLY TAPPED ELECTRICITY FROM THOSE WITH A LEGAL SUPPLY OR OBTAINED A SUPPLY FROM PRIVATELY OWNED GENERATORS WHICH DID NOT COMPLY WITH SAFETY REGULATIONS AND WHICH PRESENTED GRAVE FIRE HAZARDS.
THE PLAN DEVISED IS A FOOLPROOF ONE IN THAT IT REMOVES THE SCOPE FOR UNMETERED THEFT OF ELECTRICITY= KEEPS SERVICE WIRES TO A MINIMUM ALLOWS ELECTRICITY TO BE SUPPLIED TO SQUATTER HUTS OF LOW CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS IN DENSELY PACKED AREAS AND PERMITS DISCONNECTION OF SUPPLY IN THE EVENT OF FIRE, LANDSLIPS OR FLOODING.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS SET OUT IN THE REPORT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES TECHNICAL DETAILS AND DRAWINGS OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CAN BE USED AS A GUILDELINE FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS IN OTHER SQUATTER AREAS PECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITY IN ENVIRONMENT.
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