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Monday, January 14, 1974
WARNING AGAINST BUYING ILLEGAL HUTS
Housing Department svaff today demolished about 80 illegal wooden
huts in the Hong Ning Road and Wan Hon Street areas of Kwun Tong. Most of
the huts were unoccupied.
A spokesman for the department said racketeers had been active
in the areas, claiming to sell huts illegally built on Crown land.
The spokesman advised members of the public that it was unlawful
to occupy Crown land without the proper authority, and the authorities
concerned had the right to demolish the estates and property found illegally
occupying such land.
He also warned the public to be on guard against racketeers selling
wooden huts with promises of eligibility for public housing estates. Such
claims, the spokesman stressed, were utterly false. Any person having any
doubt about such offers should contact their nearest squatter control office.
"If members of the public fail to heed this warning, they will lose
their money paid to racketeers trading in the sale of illegal huts," the
spokesman warned.
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