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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1976
LAND RESUMED FOR $33 MILLION
SEWAGE SYSTEM IN TSUEN WAN
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY TOOK A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS PROVIDING TSUEN WAN WITH A NEW $33 MILLION SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WHICH WILL AT THE SAME TIME ELIMINATE ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF POLLUTION IN THE NEW TOWN.
A NOTICE IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ANNOUNCED THAT JUST OVER 80,000 SQUARE FEET OF AGRICULTURAL AND BUILDING LAND AT KWAI CHÚNG IS TO BE RESUMED FOR THE BIG PROJECT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TSUEN WAN MANAGEMENT OFFICE SAID TODAY THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PLANNED TO BEGIN WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE A PUMPING STATION IN ABOUT ONE MONTH'S TIME.
THE SECOND STAGE INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LINK SEWER BETWEEN KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED: +AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE THE UNSATISFACTORY SITUATION WHERE RAW SEWAGE IS DISCHARGED TO THE FORESHORES OF TSUEN WAN WHICH IN TURN HAS CAUSED POLLUTION.
+THIS NEW PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM, SO THAT IT WILL HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE LAND RESUMPTION FOR THE NEW PROJECT WOULD MEAN THAT A TOTAL OF 124 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED.
+OF THESE, THERE ARE 14 FAMILIES LIVING IN DOMESTIC STRUCTURES AND THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN TSUEN WAN+, HE SAID.
+THOSE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE WILL BE OFFERED A PLACE IN A RESITE AREA.
+THE RESUMPTION WILL ALSO INVOLVE EX-GRATIA CASH PAYMENTS FOR SHOPS, WORKSHOPS AND FACTORIES AS WELL AS PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES AND THE LIKE.+
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