THURSDAY, 1RCH 24, 1983
AT MA HANG, THEY WILL BE SHOWN THE VARIOUS DISTRICT BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND BRIEFED ON THE POLLUTION PROBLEM OF A NULLAH BROUGHT ABOUT BY PIGSTY OPERATIONS.
THE VISIT WILL END AT 12.45 PM FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE STANLEY KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION AT THEIR OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES INTERESTED IN JOINING THE TOUR ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE COMPOUND OF ABERDEEN POLICE STATION AT 4 WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, ABERDEEN, BEFORE 9 AM.
CLEARANCE OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN SHAM SHUI PO
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MORE THAN 40 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT THE REAR LANES OF WONG CHUK STREET, TAI NAN STREET, SHEK KIP MEI STREET, BOUNDARY STREET AND YU CHAU STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO WERE DEMOLISHED IN A CLEARANCE THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.
TODAY'S CLEARANCE, THE FIFTH LAUNCHED IN THE DISTRICT SO FAR THIS YEAR, IS PART OF A LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEME INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD SINCE LATE 1981.
DURING THE PAST YEARS, ABOUT 50 REAR LANES IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN CLEARED, WITH 157 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES, 35 SHOP EXTENSIONS AND 40 CANOPIES BEING PULLED DOWN.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES USED EITHER FOR STORAGE, WORKSHOPS, KITCHENS OR TEMPORARY HOMES, HAD BEEN A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM IN SHAM SHUI PO.
+NOT ONLY DO THESE MAKESHIFT EXTENSIONS POSE A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM, BUT THEY ALSO CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE AND OBSTRUCT PUBLIC ACCESS, HE SAID.
ASIDE FROM THE CLEARANCE, HE SAID, WARNING NOTICES HAD BEEN SENT TO SHOP OPERATORS FROM TIME TO TIME REQUESTING THEM TO PULL DOWN THE ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS THEMSELVES.
TODAY'S CLEARANCE WAS JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE URBAN SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE AND LANDS DEPARTMENTS.
AN ELDERLY MAN WHO CLAIMED HOMELESS AFTER TODAY'S CLEARANCE OPERATION HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE.
HIS CASE WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN TOMORROW (FRIDAY) BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH HIS ELIGIBILITY FOR REHOUSING.
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