TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1985
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A KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A RECENT SURVEY SHOWED THAT MANY OF THESE LANES WERE RE-OCCUPIED BY ILLEGAL STRUCTURES, HAWKERS' HANDCARTS, OVERSIZED CANOPIES AND ILLEGAL OBSTRUCTIONS,
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+TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY AND GOOD ENVIRONMENT. FOLLOW-UP CLEARANCE EXERCISES WILL BE CARRIED OUT REGULARLY UNTIL THE CONDITION HAS IMPROVED,+ HE ADDED.
KENNEDY TOWN REAR LANE CLEARED
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TEN ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT THE REAR LANE OF CATCHICK STREET AND BELCHER'S STREET IN KENNEDY TOWN WERE REMOVED IN A CLEARANCE OPERATION THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
THE CLEARANCE, RECOMMENDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, WAS THE THIRD CARRIED OUT THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN.
FIVE OF THE STRUCTURES WERE FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES WHILE THE REST WERE FOR STORAGE, WORKSHOP, AND KITCHEN.
OF THE THREE PEOPLE AFFECTED, ONE HAS ACCEPTED REHOUSING IN A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND ONE WORKSHOP WAS GRANTED EXGRATIA PAYMENT.
TODAY'S OPERATION WAS JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, LANDS DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.
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NOVEMBER WARMER THAN USUAL
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NOVEMBER THIS YEAR WAS WARMER THAN USUAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED.
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 22.4 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE MONTH WAS THE SIXTH HIGHEST ON RECORD WHILE THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 20.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST ON RECORD.
WEATHER ON THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS MAINLY FINE AND SUNNY APART FROM SOME PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 1 AND IN THE EARLY MORNING ON NOVEMBER 2 AND 4.
TEMPERATURE ON NOVEMBER 6 ROSE TO 26.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
/A COLE