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+ANOTHER 33 PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER SINGLE PERSONS OR FROM TWO-PERSON FAMILIES HAVE OPTED FOR CASH ALLOWANCES RATHER THAN REHOUSING OFFERS.
+ IN ADDITION, EX-GRATIA CASH ALLOWANCES TOTALLING OVER $1 412 800 ARE PAYABLE TO THE ELIGIBLE OPERATORS OF TWO SHOPS, 20 PIGSTIES, TWO WORKSHOPS, 42 POULTRY FARMS AND TWO TEMPLES.
+EX-GRATIA CASH ALLOWANCES TOTALLING $17 380 FOR ONE SHOP AND ONE RABBIT-REARING FARM HAD BEEN PAID.+
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ADDED: +EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES OF $4.1 MILLION FOR FISH PONDS, $780 000 FOR CROPS AND $419 000 FOR MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO ELIGIBLE OPERATORS.+
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UMELCO VISITS KOWLOON CITY
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A PARTY OF ELEVEN UMELCO MEMBERS, LED BY HON WONG LAM THIS (MONDAY) MORNING VISITING KOWLOON CITY TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR ALBERT LAM; THE DISTRICT OFFICER (KOWLOON CITY), MR GORDON JONES AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD.
THE PARTY FIRST WENT UP TO THE ROOFTOP OF A BUILDING NEAR THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO HAVE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE AREA BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE SAI TAU VILLAGE TO SEE THE SQUATTER CLEARANCE PROJECT.
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ON ARRIVAL AT SAI TAU VILLAGE, MEMBERS LEARNED THAT THE AREA WAS BEING CLEARED IN STAGES TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CARPENTER ROAD PARK DEVELOPMENT.
THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO TO KWA WAN TO HAVE A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE PRIVATE STREETS.
MEMBERS WERE PLEASED TO NOTE THAT UNDER A PILOT SCHEME, FOUR OF THE STREETS WOULD BE RESUMED BY GOVERNMENT AND WORKS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS.
THE PARTY THEN WALKED THROUGH THE STREETS ADJOINING THE TO KWA WAN URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX AND SAW THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AFTER THE RESITING OF HAWKERS TO THE COMPLEX.
THEY NEXT WENT TO THE ROOFTOP OF A BUILDING IN TAK MAN STREET WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE OF THE EXISTING WHAMPOA DOCKYARD AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE EXISTING HIGHWAY NETWORK.
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