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Tuesday, February 12, 1974

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NGAU TAU. KOK CLEARANCE COMPLETED

The second phase of the Ngau Tau Kok clearance operation involving

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some 70 structures was completed smoothly today (Tuesday).

Housing Department staff and men started the operation early

in the morning and finished the job by about noon.

The area has now been handed over to the Crown Lands and Survey

Office of the Public Works Department, and is being fenced off.

Many of the more substantially built structures were demolished

by the factory operators employing their own contractors.

The cleared land, lying west of Kwun Tong Road on the Kowloon Bay

Reclamation, is needed for the construction of a mass transit railway

depot.

Today's clearance operation affected 31 factories, four shops, and 19 families comprising 64 people.

Eight families comprising 37 people who are eligible for public housing have moved to Kwai Shing and Lam Tin Estates, The others have

boen offered licensed area sites at Ma Taai Hang.

A total of $417,340 has been paid to 11 factory operators and another $17,800 to two shop owners as ex-gratia allowances.

Thirty-two factory units in Kwun Tong Factory Estate have also

Another two operators were given

been offered to eight factory operators.

licensed aroa.aites in Hạ Kwai Chung to rebuild their factories.

Mr. David Weeks, Administrative Officer (Clearance) said the operation could only have been such a success with the full support and co-operation of those affected.

The first phase of the Ngau Tau Kok clearance operation involving

more than 150 factories, shops and about 100 other structures was carried out

last June.

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