TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1987
NEW DISTRICT OFFICER FOR EASTERN APPOINTED
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT MR BARY YEUNG YIU-SHING, 35, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DISTRICT OFFICER FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT.
MR YEUNG, WHO WILL TAKE UP HIS NEW APPOINTMENT IN APRIL. JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1976 AND HAD SERVED IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS BEFORE BECOMING ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER IN KWUN TONG IN JUNE 1986.
MR YEUNG WILL REPLACE MR BOWEN LEUNG WHO WILL BE TAKING UP HIS DUTIES AS DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION,
LOOKING AT EASTERN DISTRICT CLEARANCE OPERATION *****
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, TODAY (TUESDAY) INSPECTED A BACKLANE AT TSAT TZE MUI ROAD WHERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CLEARANCE WAS UNDERWAY.
A TOTAL OF 63 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES, INCLUDING 24 DOMESTIC HUTS, 15 KITCHENS, TWO SHOPS AND ONE WORKSHOP WERE DISMANTLED DURING THE CLEARANCE OPERATION.
BRIEFED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG,
MR CHAU WAS TOLD THAT 26 FAMILIES COMPRISING 75 PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED, MOST OF THEM HAD BEEN OFFERED REHOUSING IN EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES OR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS IN URBAN AREAS.
HE ALSO VISITED PAN HO! STREET WHERE 27 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE ERECTED ON A PRIVATE LANE WITH GAS MAINS UNDERNEATH. THE SPOT
IS THE FIRST OF FIVE TARGET LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT WHERE THE GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO TAKE CLEARANCE ACTION THIS YEAR.
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO PO LEE, TAK LEE AND WAI LEE BUILDINGS IN QUARRY BAY WHERE ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO DEMOLISH ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT THE COMMON COURTYARD WAS CARRIED OUT SEVERAL DAYS AGO.
MR CHAU WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT MEMBERS OF THE OWNERS' CORPORATIONS HAD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN IMPROVING THE IR LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND HAD DISCUSSED MEANS TO DETER NEW SQUATTERING,
MR LEUNG FINALLY TOOK MR CHAU TO LEI YUE MUN BARRACKS AND BRIEFED HIM ON REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AFTER THE SITE WAS RETURNED TO
THE GOVERNMENT IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
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