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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1989
GOVERNOR ON PRIVATE VISIT TO THAILAND
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL SPEND THE IN THAILAND FOR A PRIVATE VISIT WITH LADY WILSON.
COMING WEEKEND
THEY WILL LEAVE FOR BANGKOK TOMORROW (FRIDAY) EVENING *ND RETURN ON MONDAY (JULY 10).
TYPHOON SHELTER OUT OF BOUNDS TO DWELLING BOATS
*
A CLOSED AREA TO (DWELLING VESSELS)
THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER WILL BECOME DWELLING BOATS UNDER A SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONS ORDER WHICH WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
WORKING GROUP MARINE +
A CLEARANCE EXERCISE IS BEING CO-ORDINATED BY A COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICE,
EDUCATION, WELFARE, SOCIAL HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, DEPARTMENTS. AS WELL AS THE POLICE. THE LICENSED BOAT INFORMED OF THIS FROM JULY LAST YEAR.
THE WORKING GROUP IS ALSO THEIR REHOUSING AND OTHER NEEDS.
AND LABOUR DWELLERS WERE
ASSISTING THE
BOAT
DWELLERS WITH
TS IM DISTRICT OFFICER THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP, YAU
WAS AIMED AT THE CLEARANCE {THURSDAY) MR WONG HON-HO, SAID TODAY
AS THE IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF THE BOAT DWELLERS AS WELL TYPHOON SHELTER ITSELF.
PO-CHI.
OF THE WORKING NUMBER OF LICENSED A POPULATION OF THE THREE VOLUNTARY OF
SINCE DEPARTMENT HOUSING
AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND A MEMBER
THE THAT LAU
POINTED OUT GROUP. MR DWELLING BOATS HAD IN FACT DECREASED FROM 539 (WITH
RESULT ABOUT
AS A 2,500) IN 1983 TO
BY THE
40 CONDUCTED
REHOUSING EXERCISES
SEPTEMBER 1984.
THE REMAINING LICENSED
BOAT
PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES
WOULD DWELLERS
HOUSING AND URBAN TEMPORARY
BE
REHOUSED AREAS BY THE
IN
HOUSING DEPARTMENT, DEPENDING ON ELIGIBILITY.
MEMBER OF THE WORKING AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE AND A GROUP, MR BERNARD TANG, SAID THAT A NUMBER OF WORKING BOATS USED AS HOUSE BOATS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER SINCE 1983.
HAD BEEN
INTO
WAY
HE STRESSED THAT THESE BOATS COULD NOT BE TREATED THE SAME
ONLY CAME
BEING AS THE LICENSED DWELLING VESSELS BECAUSE THEY
OF THE DWELLING AND USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES AFTER THE VESSELS REGULATIONS IN 1983.
THOSE UNLICENSED DWELLING
INTENDED PURPOSE BY
THE
ENACTMENT
BOATS
DWELLERS
MUST BE RENEWING
OR
RESTORED
ΤΟ
THEIR
A OBTAINING
VALID
SURRENDER THEIR
BOATS
WORKING BOAT LICENCE, ALTERNATIVELY, THEY MAY TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
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