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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1988
THA'S PERSONS IN VACANT INSTALLATIONS
DR HO REFERRED TO CLAIMS THAT OUTBREAKS OF FIRE IN SOME OR SQUATTER AREAS HAD BEEN CAUSED BY UNAUTHORISED THA UNITS OR SQUATTER STRUCTURES AND THAT FIRE-FIGHTING IN THESE AREAS HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
ASKED
HE
WHAT MEASURES WERB BEING TAKEN UNAUTHORISED PERSONS COULD NOT ENTER VACANT STRUCTURES SQUATTER AREAS AND THAT FIRE-FIGHTING WERE IN PROPER WORKING ORDER.
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IN INSTALLATIONS
ENSURE THAT IN THA'S AND THESE AREAS
VACANT TEMPORARY
HOUSING UNITS WERE
MR LIAO EXPLAINED THAT BOARDED UP BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF 90 AS TO PREVENT TRESPASSING.
THESK UNITS WERE CHECKED BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT STAFF AND SECURITY GUARDS REGULARLY.
THE POLICE WERE ALSO GIVEN LISTS OF VACANT UNITS SO COULD INSPECT THEM DURING ROUTINE PATROLS.
THAT THEY
"VACANT SQUATTER HUTS ARE DEMOLISHED WHEREVER
POSSIBLE SO AS
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TO PREVENT RE-OCCUPATION, HE SAID.
THE EFFECT
"WHERE THIS CANNOT BE DONE, FOR EXAMPLE BECAUSE OF ON THE STABILITY OF ADJACENT HUTS, THE PREMISES ARE BOARDED UP.
ALSO
"THESE HUTS ARE
AT INSPECTED HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S SQUATTER CONTROL STAFF."
REGULAR INTERVALS
BY
MR LIAO SAID THAT THE ABOVE MEASURES WERE GENERALLY EFFECTIVE.
AND WERE
"SO FAR, THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR FIRES
IN STARTED OF WHICH WERE CONNECTED WITH A SUICIDAL ATTEMPT.
VACANT
UNITS
IN THA'S, TWO BELIEVED
TO
BE
"OF THE 15 SQUATTER FIRES THIS YEAR, ONLY ONE WAS STARTED IN A VACANT HUT, HE SAID.
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