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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1991
THESE INCLUDE DISPUTES BETWEEN VILLAGERS AND CONTRACTORS AND THEIR WORKERS, WHO ARE EXPECTED TO BE EMPLOYED FROM SEVERAL AREAS
SITES AND AROUND SOUTH-EAST ASIA; THEFTS FROM CONSTRUCTION
VESSELS; DANGEROUS SABOTAGE OF MACHINERY BY TRIADS; GAMBLING, PROSTITUTION AND
BOTH ON DRUGS: TRAFFIC AND INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
LAND AND AT SEA: THE SOUTH MOVEMENT OF LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE OVER TO
OF SIDE
THE ISLAND; AND LARGE SCALE INCREASES IN SEA TRAFFIC.
"THE SITUATION IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME, " SAID MR WORRALL, "BUT THE SIGNS ARE ALREADY THERE OF WHAT IS TO COME.
"THE PROBLEMS WILL ARISE WHEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH LANTAU ROAD LINK COMMENCES.
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MAJOR
MR WORRALL SAID IT WAS ACCEPTED THAT MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION
A THEIR PRESENCE WOULD HAVE WORKERS WOULD LIVE ON THE ISLAND. IMPACT ON BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES.
"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT AFFECT THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND, HE SAID. "THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON WILL BE LIKE A THE SOUTH SIDE WHICH IS NOW THE MOST POPULATED AREA HONEY POT FOR THE WORKERS. CAMP FOLLOWERS ARE BOUND TO FOLLOW.
PURPOSE BUILT BARRACK-TYPE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY DWELLINGS FOR PERMANENT OCCUPATION.
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SITE WORKERS
"WHEN THE WORKERS START COMING IN, WE WILL NEED THE MANPOWER TO DEAL WITH THEM, MR WORRALL ADDED.
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CHUNG
WOULD
TUNG
BE POPULATION OF SILVERMINE BAY
IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION OF 20,000 WHEN THE AIRPORT WAS COMPLETED. WOULD THEN BE 20,000 AND STILL GROWING.
BY 2011 ESTIMATED POPULATION OF NORTH LANTAU WILL BE 20,000.
ALREADY, SAID MR WORRALL, THERE WERE SIGNS OF OFF THE LANTAU HONEYPOT.
THE LID COMING
THE
AND WB LAP КОК IN AIRPORT WAS
"WE HAVE HAD EXTORTION AMONG BOAT PEOPLE AT TUNG CHUNG HAVE ARRESTED SIX ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED AT CHEK THE BELIEF THAT THERE WAS EMPLOYMENT THERE AND THAT ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.'
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