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Wednesday, July 19, 1972

NO SERIOUS RISK OF LANDSLIDE OR FLOODING IN RESITE AREA

A squatter resite area in Hong Ning Road, Kwun Tong, can still

be used provided one unoccupied section is left vacant and drainage

channels are improved.

This decision follows inspections by an experienced engineer

of the Public Works Department who had, since the June reainstorms, also

examined many other licensed areas, squatter areas and cottage areas.

"There appears to be no serious risk of landslide or flooding in

this area," the Commissioner for Resettlement, the Hon. I.M. Lightbody,

said in reply to a question by the Hon. R. Lobo in the Legislative Council

this afternoon.

"But as an added precaution the engineer who conducted these

inspections has recommended that further detailed investigations of this and

other sites should be made to determine their stability more exactly,'

Mr. Lightbody added.

Following the inspections by the engineer, many areas or parts

of areas have been scheduled for clearance.

More than 24,000 people are to be removed. The great majority

of them will be eligible for public housing, and the rest will be eligible

for re-siting.

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