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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1987
ORDERS SOUGHT TO CLOSE MONG KOK ILLEGAL STRUCTURES
THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURES AT THRES SITES IN MONG KOK.
AN APPLICATION IS TO BE MADE IN NOVEMBER 25 FOR CLOSURE ORDERS ΤΟ BE STRUCTURES WHICH ARE ON:
KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT ON ISSUED IN RESPECT OF THE
(I) THE 11TH FLOOR FLAT ROOF AT 987, CANTON ROAD;
(II)
THE ROOF OVER THE 11TH FLOOR OF 991, CANTON ROAD; AND
(III) THE ROOF OVER THE 11TH FLOOR OF 30, SHAN TUNG STREET.
NOTICES INFORMING OCCUPANTS OF THE INTENTION OF THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO APPLY FOR THE CLOSURE ORDERS WERE POSTED ON CONSPICUOUS PARTS OF THE STRUCTURES TODAY (FRIDAY).
A SPOKESMAN OF THE AUTHORITY SAID THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTRUCTED ON TWO OCCASIONS - ON JUNE 20, 1986, AND OCTOBER 29, 1986 TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURES, UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, BUT THE WORK HAD NEVER BEEN CARRIED OUT.
HE SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THAT DEMOLITION WOULD TAKE PLACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSURE ORDERS WERE OBTAINED.
MARICULTURISTS ADVISED TO AERATE WATER
THE AGRICULTURE
AND
FISHERIES DEPARTMENT THIS (FRIDAY) LEVEL IN THE AFTERNOON ADVISED MARICULTURISTS TO IMPROVE THE OXYGEN WATER OF LOCAL FISH CULTURE ZONES IN VIEW OF A LOW DISSOLVED CONDITION PREVAILING IN SOME OF THE CULTURE AREAS.
OXYGEN
IS BY AERATING MINIMISE ITS
AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT OXYGEN DEPLETION THE WATER THROUGH MECHANICAL MEANS AND THIS SHOULD HELP ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THEIR CULTURED STOCKS.
SAID
THE DEPARTMENT'S FISHERIES RESEARCH OFFICER, DR PAUL MAK, THAT THE LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONDITION HAD BEEN DISCOVERED YESTERDAY TSAI IN THE FISH CULTURE ZONES OF TAP MUN, YIM TIN TSAI EAST, YIM TIN
SHA WEST, PO TOI O, KAT O AND
TAU кок, CAUSING SOME FISH KILLS, INVOLVING MAINLY PURPLE AMBERJACKS AND GOLD-LINED SEABREAMS.
"ALTHOUGH THE INITIAL DAMAGE WAS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE SERIOUS,
то WE HAVE NEVERTHELESS ADVISED MARICULTURISTS IN THESE AREAS
AERATE
THE WATER PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT.
ZONES CULTURE
то
"WE WOULD URGE MARICULTURISTS IN OTHER FISH DO THE SAME ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF STAGNANT TIDES," DR MAK SAID.
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