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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1974

CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN CHAI WAN ESTATE

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HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF TODAY CTHURSDAY) CONTINUED THEIR PHASE-OUT PROGRAMME TO CLEAN UP THE CHAI WAN ESTATE.

TODAY'S OPERATION INCLUDED THE DEMOLITION OF ABOUT 130 ILLEGAL HAWKER STALLS AND THE ELIMINATION OF OVER 100 OVERSIZED SUNSHADES, UNAUTHORISED SIGNBOARDS AND ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS.

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THE CLEAN-UP INVOLVES BLOCKS 1 TO 5 AND BLOCK 15. A FOLLOW-UP MOVE WILL BE TAKEN AT A LATER DATE TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE TIDY-UP PROGRAMME.

MR. LO CHI-YUEN, SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER, SAID THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION FORMED PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUING PROGRAMME TO BETTER THE LIVING ENVIORNMENT OF THE OLDER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

THE WHOLE OF THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE ESTATE WAS TIDIED UP LAST MONTH WHEN THE FINAL PHASE OF A FOUR-STAGE WASH-UP PROGRAMME WAS COMPLETED.

ABOUT 80 HAWKERS AFFECTED BY TODAY'S OPERATION ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESITE. THESE HAWKERS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TEMPORARY SITE NEAR BLOCK 10 AND THEY WILL MOVE TO THE HAWKER BAZAAR BETWEEN BLOCKS 3 AND 5 IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS' TIME WHEN THE AREA IS PROPERLY MARKED OUT TOGETHER WITH WATER AND POWER SUPPLY

INSTALLED.

MR. LO NOTED THAT THE HAWKERS AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN TODAY'S OPERATION WERE VERY CO-OPERATIVE.

+THE WORK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT SO SMOCZNLY - WITHOUT THEIR WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION ALTHOUGH THE CLEAN-UP PROGRAMME IS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ESTATE AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES WHO ARE TO BENEFIT,+ MR. LO ADDED.

YOUTH FUN FAIR IN TUEN MUN

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A FUN FAIR TO PROVIDE AMUSEMENT FOR OVER 3,000 YOUTHS AND CHILDREN WILL BE HELD IN THE PLAYGROUND OF THE TUEN MUN ESTATE NEXT TUESDAY CAUGUST 6) AT 2 P.M.

THE FAIR, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE Y.W.C.A., SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, AND SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL VILLAGERS, WILL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SUMMER ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

THE YOUNGSTERS WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY VOLUNTEERS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS AND YOUTH CENTRES IN 20 GAME STALLS AS WELL AS SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES PLANNED TO GIVE THEM A HAPPY AFTERNOON.

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