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Re-settlement for Lei Yue Mun landslips victims
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The Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO), in conjunction with the Housing Department, has identified about 30 structures in the Lei Yue Mun Squatter Area as at immediate risk following an inspection of the reported landslips in the area.
Families living in these structures had moved out voluntarily and had been offering alternative accommodation by the Housing Department.
The situation is being closely monitored by the department and GEO.
A government spokesman said: "Families living in other structures in the Lei Yue Mun Squatter Area are not in immediate danger, but the potential risk may increase if heavy rain continue. They have been advised to move out temporarily in case of heavy rain."
Meanwhile, the Home Affairs Department has opened temporary shelters for those who need them in Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin.
The department has also set up an inter-departmental co-ordination centre at the Kwun Tong District Office which is headed by the Deputy Director of Home Affairs, Miss Sandra Lee, to further assist affected residents. The Social Welfare Department will also be offering assistance to those taking shelters in these centres.
The Housing Department has opened a special centre at Hoi Ban School within the squatter area to facilitate registration and its staff have been visiting individual families with a view to expediting the process of registering for alternative accommodation.
The department has also set up an emergency hotline - 2761 5511 to answer enquiries and to arrange transportation for affected families to temporary shelters.
Priority assistance will be given to the elderly and the disabled.
For general information on the latest developments, members of the public and media could contact the Kwun Tong District Office on 2341 6315 or 2342 3460.
End/Saturday, August 19, 1995