FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1984
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WAN CHAI CLEARANCE WORK STEPPED UP
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CLEARANCE WORK IN WAN CHAI DISTRICT WILL BE CARRIED OUT MORE FREQUENTLY FROM NEXT MONTH, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE SAID CLEARANCE SCHEDULES FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPILED AND OPERATIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT TWO TO THREE TIMES EACH MONTH, INSTEAD OF ONCE A MONTH.
+ THE TARGET AREA WILL COVER WAN CHAI EAST, WAN CHAI WEST, CAUSEWAY BAY AND HAPPY VALLEY AND 155 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WILL BE CLEARED, HE SAID.
MR LAM SAID THAT SINCE THE MONTHLY STREET-BY-STREET CLEARANCE WORK WAS IMPLEMENTED LAST MAY, ABOUT 110 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE PULLED DOWN IN 13 OPERATIONS NINE IN TAI HANG AND FOUR IN WAN CHAI PROPER.
+THE MAJORITY OF THESE STRUCTURES ARE SHOP EXTENSIONS MAINLY FOR STORAGE AND COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, WITH ONLY 15 PER CENT OF THEM FOR DOMESTIC USE, HE SAID.
+BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTION AGAINST THOSE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN QUESTION, SUFFICIENT TIME WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THE AFFECTED PERSONS TO RECTIFY ANY IRREGULARITIES OR MAKE NECESSARY ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
+ALL CLEARANCES WERE CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY.
+ THE FACT THAT MORE THAN 60 PER CENT OF THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED BY THE OWNERS THEMSELVES BEFORE THE CLEARANCE DAY CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THE RESIDENTS' WILLINGNESS TO CO-OPERATE,+ HE ADDED.
TODAY, THE FINAL PHASE OF THE TAI HANG CLEARANCE WAS CARRIED OUT, INVOLVING THE DEMOLITION OF SEVEN ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON THE BACKLANES OF SUN CHUN STREET AND BROWN STREET.
THE STREET-BY-STREET CLEARANCE WAS CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE POLICE, THE URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION, THE LANDS, HOUSING, URBAN SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS.
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