MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1987
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HE WAS TOLD THAT KORNHILL HAD A TOTAL OF 42 RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS OF MEDIUM-SIZED FLATS WHICH ACCOMMODATED MORE THAN 35,000 PEOPLE.
EASTERN DISTRICT HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 500,000 OF WHICH 65 PER CENT LIVE IN PRIVATE BUILDINGS.
SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON THEN PROCEEDED TO FA YUEN VILLAGE IN SHAU KEI WAN FOOTHILLS (WEST) SQUATTER AREA WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR LAU PO-CHI, WHO BRIEFED THEM ON THE SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE VILLAGE.
THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS INCLUDED INSTALLATION OF SOME 100 STREET LIGHTS, EIGHT REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND FOUR TOILETS. FOOTPATHS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WERE ALSO IMPROVED TO ACHIEVE A BETTER STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THE VILLAGERS.
THE GOVERNOR LEARNT THAT FA YUEN VILLAGE IS ONE OF SQUATTER VILLAGES IN SHAU ΚΕΙ WAN FOOTHILLS AND HAS A POPULATION OF 2,200.
THE
13 TOTAL
UNDER
WHICH
THE VILLAGE IS SCHEDULED FOR CLEARANCE IN OCTOBER 1988 THE SHAU KEI WAN FOOTHILLS (WEST) CLEARANCE PHASE I PROGAMME WILL BE CO-ORDINATED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND MONITORED BY A SPECIAL WORKING GROUP OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD.
CLEARANCE OF ALL THE SHAU KEI WAN FOOTHILL VILLAGES WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1990 TO PROVIDE LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING FOR 36,000
PEOPLE.
SIR DAVID ALSO MET THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FA YUEN VILLAGE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, MR YUEN KAM-CHUNG, WHO EXPLAINED THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND ITS EFFORTS IN FOSTERING A SENSE OF NEIGHBOURLINESS AMONG THE VILLAGERS.
OFFICE.
THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED A HOUSEHOLD
OPPOSITE
TO THE MAC
THE PARTY NEXT PROCEEDED TO ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER WHERE SOME 250 FISHING VESSELS AND 114 DWELLING BOATS ARE MOORED.
THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG, ON THE NEW TYPHOON SHELTER PROJECT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROPER SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE NEW TYPHOON SHELTER, ALDRICH BAY WOULD BE RECLAIMED TO FORM 17 HECTARES OF LAND TO ACCOMMODATE SOME 40,000 PEOPLE IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SIR DAVID THEN BOARDED A FISH PACKING BOAT WHERE THE MR YEUNG YUNG, SHOWED THE PARTY HOW FISH WERE
PACKED
FOR
OPERATOR, EXPORT
TO
JAPAN.
/THE GOVERNOR