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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1985
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THE DISTRICT OFFICE (EASTERN), 880-886 KING'S ROAD, GROUND FLOOR, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG AND
* THE TOWN PLANNING DIVISION, LANDS DEPARTMENT
4TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.
COPIES ARE ALSO ON SALE AT THE MAP AND PLAN SALES SECTION, SURVEY DIVISION, LANDS DEPARTMENT, 5TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON MAP AND PLAN SALES SECTION, 382 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON AT $10 PER UNCOLOURED COPY AND $60 PER COLOURED COPY.
ILLEGAL STRUCTURES CLEARED
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ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE CLEARED TODAY FROM FOUR PRIVATE STREETS IN TO KWA WAN.
THE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT WORKERS IV SHIM LUEN STREET, YIN ON STREET, TSUN FAT STREET AND HOK LING STREET. THE STREETS HAD BEEN RESUMED BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR UNDER A PILOT SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN PRIVATE STREETS.
AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, MR CLEMENT CHEUNG, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF A WORKING GROUP CO- ORDINATING THE RESUMPTION OF THE FOUR PRIVATE STREETS, SAID THAT PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE WOULD BE RESETTLED IN HOUSING ESTATES OR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS ACCORDING TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY,
ABOUT 17 SHOP OWNERS WHO HAD OPERATED BUSINESSES THERE SINCE JUNE 1982 WOULD BE GIVEN EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE, HE SAID.
THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE WILL LATER START REPAIRING ROAD SURFACES AND OTHER UTILITIES THERE.
TO FACILITATE THE WORKS, WHICH WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS, HALF OF SHIM LUEN STREET AND TSUN FAT STREET WILL BE CLOSED.
+WORK ON YIN ON STREET AND HOK LING STREET WILL BE CARRIED OUT LATER,+ SAID MR CHEUNG.
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMOVAL OF ANY CANOPIES OR PROJECTIONS IN THE FOUR STREETS.
WHEN THE WHOLE PROGRAMME IS COMPLETED, THESE STREETS WILL BE WIDENED TO ALLOW FOR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC.
MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD HAD A LOCATED $6 500 FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN SHIM LUEN STREET.
*FLOWER POTS WILL BE PLACED THERE TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA, AND IF SUCCESSFUL, SIMILAR PROJECTS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN OTHER RESUMED STREETS IN THE FUTURE,+ HE ADDED.
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