THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1992
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"SOME 6,800 ADVISORY LETTERS WERE SERVED TO OWNERS AND RESIDENTS COVERING A TOTAL OF 11,160 UNAUTHORISED BUILDING HAVING TO BE REMOVED.
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"ONLY THOSE OWNERS WHO DO NOT RESPOND TO THE ADVISORY IN THE FIRST INSTANCE WILL BE SERVED STATUTORY REMOVAL ORDERS. SHOULD AFFECTED OWNERS NOT COMPLY WITH THE ORDERS, THE STRUCTURES WILL THEN BE DISMANTLED BY THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR WITH THE COSTS INCURRED TO BE RECOVERED FROM THE OWNERS.
"THE RESULT HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING AS ABOUT 55 PER CENT OF THE OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS WERE CO-OPERATIVE,
THEY VOLUNTARILY REMOVED THE DANGEROUS PROJECTIONS WITHOUT HAVING THE AUTHORITIES TO ISSUE THE REMOVAL ORDERS.
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HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN FOUND NECESSARY TO SERVE ABOUT 3,000 REMOVAL ORDERS ON UNCOOPERATIVE OWNERS.
HE SAID UNDER THE OPERATION BUILDINGS WERE MADE SAFE NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS BUT ALSO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS MOST OF THE DANGEROUS PROJECTIONS WERE HANGING OVER CROWDED STREETS.
"WITH THE WORK NEARING COMPLETION IN THE REMOVAL OF THESE PROJECTIONS, SOME 15 ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN THE FOLLOW-UP SECOND PHASE OF THE OPERATION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT MORE BUILDINGS WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST IN DUE COURSE, MR SAMSON SAID.
THE FOUR BUILDINGS IN MONG KOK WHICH WERE INSPECTED TODAY ARE ALL LOCATED WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY MONG KOK ROAD, CHEUNG WONG ROAD, SHUM CHUN STREET, ARGYLE STREET AND CANTON ROAD.
DURING THE INSPECTION, MR SAMSON ALSO SAW BOO STAFF DELIVER ADVISORY LETTERS ΤΟ OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS OF THE NEWLY TARGETED CHEUNG FAI MANSION IN TONG MI ROAD, MONG кок, ASKING THEM TO VOLUNTARILY REMOVE THE DANGEROUS PROJECTIONS FROM THEIR PREMISES.
A TOTAL OF 230 ADVISORY LETTERS WERE ISSUED INVOLVING 335 DANGEROUS PROJECTIONS.
FIRST HK DISABLED MAN ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT OF REHAB INT'L
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A WHEELCHAIR USER FROM HONG KONG, MR PETER CHAN, HAS ELECTED THE REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT FOR THE AND PACIFIC REGION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS DURING THE 17TH WORLD CONGRESS OF REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL BEING HELD IN NAIROBI, KENYA.
HE IS TO SUCCEED MR M B LEE, ALSO FROM HONG KONG, WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED A PRESIDENTIAL CITATION AT THE CONGRESS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION то REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER REHABILITATION WORK.
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