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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1977
SERVICES PROVIDED TO CHAI WAN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA
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THE NEW CHAI WAN II EXTENSION TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA, COMPLETED EXACTLY A YEAR AGO AND BUILT ON A RECLAIMED SITE WITH PART-BUILT STRUCTURES, HAS ELECTRICITY, WATER SUPPLY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON. DONALD LIAO SAID TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. HENRY HU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA.
+ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN ADEQUATE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THERE HAS BEEN SOME SILTING AND BLOCKAGE RECENTLY.
+THE DRAINAGE CHANNELS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OUT ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WILL BE REGULARLY CHECKED IN FUTURE. SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRAINAGE CHANNELS HAVE ALSO BEEN DECIDED UPON AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE BLOCKAGES,+ HE SAID.
THE SECRETARY SAID THERE WAS ADEQUATE ACCESS OVER THE RECLAMATION FOR FIRE APPLIANCES, AMBULANCES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL VEHICLES, AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO PROPER ROAD AS YET, VEHICLES HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN REACHING THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA.
HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE 162 LIGHTS FIXED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS FOR THE COMMON PASSAGE WAYS, BESIDES 12 MERCURY VAPOUR STREET LAMPS WITHIN THE AREA, WHICH TOGETHER PROVIDED GOOD LIGHTING.
THERE WAS ALSO A 24-HOUR SECURITY SERVICE WITHIN THE AREA IN ADDITION TO NORMAL POLICE COVERAGE, HE ADDED.
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