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ILLEGAL STRUCTURES REMOVED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
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SIXTEEN ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN YAU TSIM DISTRICT WERE CLEARED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
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THE STRUCTURES
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SHOPS, RESIDENTIAL UNITS, STORES AND CANOPIES WERE SITUATED AT BACKLANES IN DUNDAS STREET, RECLAMATION STREET, WATERLOO ROAD, CANTON ROAD, PITT STREET AND TUNG ON STREET.
EX-GRATIA PAYMENT OF $16,110 WERE PAID ΤΟ ELIGIBLE SHOP OPERATORS AND SUITABLE HOUSING ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE FOR A MAN AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE.
THE OPERATION WAS CO-ORDINATED BY THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICE, INVOLVING STAFF FROM THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS, HOUSING, URBAN SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE AND HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THE POLICE.
A TOTAL OF 56 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN THE DISTRICT WERE PULLED DOWN IN TWO EARLIER OPERATIONS CONDUCTED UNDER THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CLEARANCE PROGRAMME IN 1989-90.
NINE II'S ARRESTED
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IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED NINE ILLEGAL FROM CHINA IN A SERIES OF OPERATIONS YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).
IMMIGRANTS
MEN
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THE NINE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THREE WOMEN AND SIX APPREHENDED IN TWO BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND TWO RESIDENTIAL FLATS.
AGED FROM 17 TO 25, THEY WERE NATIVES OF CHAOZHOU OR HAIFENG AND CLAIMED TO HAVE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TWO FACTORIES IN WHICH TWO OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE FOUND ARE ASSISTING WITH INVESTIGATIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
REITERATED THAT
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