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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1983
TAI HANG EYE-SORE CLEARED
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SEVEN ILLEGAL REAR-LANE STRUCTURES IN TAI HANG WERE DEMOLISHED THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE STRUCTURES, TWO FOR DOMESTIC AND FIVE FOR STORAGE PURPOSES, WERE LOCATED AT 9-16A SUN CHUN STREET.
TODAY'S WORK IS THE FIRST PHASE OF A CLEARANCE OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND EXTENSIONS IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY TUNG LO WAN ROAD, WAN SHA STREET AND TAI HANG ROAD.
+TAJ HANG HAS ABOUT 65 SUCH STRUCTURES WHICH ARE EITHER SHOP EXTENSIONS OR ARE BEING USED FOR STORAGE, DOMESTIC OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE.
+APART FROM BEING EYE-SORES, THEY ARE ALSO CAUSING OBSTRUCTIONS AND POSING POTENTIAL FIRE AND TRAFFIC HAZARDS WHICH MAY JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF LOCAL PEOPLE.
+THEREFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD FEELS THAT SUCH STRUCTURES WARRANT HIGH PRIORITY IN THE DISTRICT-WIDE LIST OF CLEARANCE OPERATIONS.
+IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE CARRIED OUT ONCE A MONTH ON A STREET-BY-STREET BASIS UNTIL THE WHOLE AREA IS CLEARED, HE ADDED.
TODAY'S OPERATION WAS CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY THE POLICE, THE URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION, LANDS, URBAN SERVICES, HOUSING AND FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMME IMPRESSES AMERICAN JUDGES
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A DELEGATION OF 20 AMERICAN WOMEN JUDGES AND LAWYERS TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS AND SPOKE HIGHLY OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS.
THE LEADER OF THE DELEGATION, MRS JUSTICE JOAN KLEIN, SAID THAT THE INSTITUTION WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL MANAGED IN ALL ASPECTS AND THAT THEY WERE PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORKS PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG INMATES.
ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR SUPERINTENDENTS ALOYSIUS WONG AND PETER PI, THE VISITORS TOURED THE INSTITUTION'S VARIOUS FACILITIES INCLUDING THE DORMITORY, KITCHEN, CLASSROOMS, WORKSHOPS, AND CHAPEL.
THE SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF THE INSTITUTION, MISS BONNIE WONG, ALSO BRIEFED THEM ON THE INSTITUTION'S PROGRAMME WHICH PROVIDED FOR HALF-DAY EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND HALF-DAY VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN VARIOUS TRADES.
THE INSTITUTION'S PRECISION MARCHING TEAM AND PIPERS ALSO STAGED A PERFORMANCE FOR THE VISITORS.
EARLIER TODAY. THE VISITORS MET AND HAD TALKS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER.