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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1974.

BOUQUET FOR KAIFONG WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY PAID WARM TRIBUTE TO THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON KAIFONG WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION FOR THE GUIDANCE IT WAS GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE TO HELP THEM MAKE USE OF THEIR SPARE TIKE AND DEVELOP THEIR CHARACTERS.

ALTHOUGH THE ASSOCIATION WAS A WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF MANY YEARS' STANDING, IT HAD NOT CONFINED ITS SERVICES TO WOKEN ONLY, HE NOTED.

APART FROM CARRY ING OUT WELFARE PROJECTS SUCH AS ORGANISING A HOME SAFETY MOVEMENT AND HELPING THE POOR, THE ASSOCIATION ALSO HAD TWO YOUTH CENTRES, ONE IN HONG KONG AND ONE IN KOWLOON,. WHICH WERE OPENED IN 1966.

THE CENTRES PROVIDE ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING COURSES TO ASSIST YOUTH TO PUT THEIR SPARE TIME TO GOOD USE AND AT THE SAME TIME HELP TO MOULD THEIR CHARACTERS.

MR. LEE SAID SINCE THAT YEAR THE ASSOCIATION HAD ALSO ORGANISED AN ANNUAL YOUTH CAMPAIGN AND THIS YEAR WAS THE NINETH OCCASION ON WHICH IT HAD BEEN HELD.

MR. LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AT THE CLOSING OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN HELD AT THE KIANGSU AND CHEKIANG PRIMARY SCHOOL IN KORTH POINT. IRS. LEE PRESENTED THE PRIZES.

CLEARANCE OF ILLEGAL KOWLOON BAY HUTS RESUMES

SQUATTER CONTROL STAFF OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY MOVED INTO KOWLOON BAY TO CLEAR THE REMAINING ILLEGAL SQUATTER HUTS IN THE AREA.

ABOUT 400 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ARE STILL STANDING AND IT WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO CLEAR THEM.

THE CLEAR ED LAND IS REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ROAD WORKS AND FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL USE.

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IN TODAY'S ACTION, ABOUT 45 NEWLY BUILT STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED AND A TOTAL OF 200 PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE OCCUPANTS WERE REGISTERED.

ABOUT 120 PEOPLE, CLAIMING TO BE HOMELESS, VERE OFFERED TEMPORARY TRANSIT ACCOMMODATION. DEPARTMENTAL TRANSPORT WAS USED TO HELP THEM TO REMOVE THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS.

A PRELIMINARY SURVEY AND REGISTRATION OF THE REMAINING STRUCTURES WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT TODAY AND DETAILED REGISTRATION OF THE OCCUPANTS WILL BE DONE IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WILL BE DEMOLISHED DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AFTER LICENSED AREA SITES HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE SQUATTERS.

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