SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1986
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ILLEGAL BACKLANE STRUCTURES CLEARED
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A SIX-DAY OPERATION TO CLEAR 60 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN THE BACKLANE OF NGAU TAU KOK ROAD WAS COMPLETED TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE SECRETARY OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR ERNEST HUNG, SAID RESIDENTS OF NEARBY BUILDINGS HAD WRITTEN IN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND NOISE NUISANCE CAUSED BY OCCUPANTS OF STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY THE COOKED FOOD OPERATORS.
+THE STRUCTURES ALSO BLOCKED THE ACCESS TO A GAS MAIN OF THE AREA AND THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO CLEAR THE BACKLANE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,+ HE SAID.
ABOUT 18 OF THE STRUCTURES WERE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, MOSTLY COOKED FOOD STALLS, WHILE THE REST WERE DOMESTIC UNITS.
EXCEPT FOR 27 CLEAREES WHO WERE INELIGIBLE FOR RE-HOUSING, 44 PEOPLE FROM 35 FAMILIES WERE RE-SETTLED TO EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES OR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.
CO-ORDINATED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THE CLEARANCE WAS PART OF THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME, ENTITLED +OPERATION FAR FLING+ WHICH STARTED IN 1983 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.
SO FAR, OPERATION FAR FLING HAD CLEARED ABOUT 450 ILLEGAL BACKLANE STRUCTURES IN KWUN TONG.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD REPORTS ON ITS WORK
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD HAD DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF TERRITORY-WIDE ISSUES AS WELL AS DISTRICT PROBLEMS IN NO FEWER THAN 10 MEETINGS DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 1985-88 SESSION, BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR JASPER LAM, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS WERE ALSO EFFECTIVELY SPENT ON ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE GENERAL WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
REPORTING ON THE WORK OF THE BOARD AT A SEMINAR WITH THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES, MR LAM SAID THE $1.42 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE BOARD HAD BEEN SPENT ON NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS MONITORED BY ITS COMMUNITY BUILDING, SOCIAL SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEES.
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