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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1974
CHEUNG SHA WAN SQUATTERS OFFERED LICENSED AREA SITES
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ABOUT 40 PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE SQUATTERS OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD/FAT TSEUNG STREET AREA CALLED AT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S SQUATTER CONTROL OFFICE IN MIDDLE ROAD TODAY FOR CLARIFICATION OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CASES.
THE SQUATTER AREA HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR CLEARANCE TO MAKE
WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MASS TRANSIT STATION.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS REGISTERED A TOTAL OF 540 PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND AFTER INITIAL INVESTIGATION HAS OFFERED SITES AT SHEK YAM LICENSED AREA TO 70 FAMILIES COMPRISING 249 PEOPLE. THE OTHER CASES ARE STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
MR. LEE KING-WAN, SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER (SQUATTER CONTROL), WHO INTERVIEWED THE GROUP REASSURED THEM THAT THEIR CASES WOULD BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY AND NONE OF THEM WOULD BE LEFT OUT IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE GENUINE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
HE ALSO TOLD THEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD GIVE THEM AMPLE TIME TO BUILD. THEIR NEW HUTS AT SHEK YAM BEFORE CLEARING THE AREA,
+ALL GENUINE SQUATTERS IN THE AREA WILL BE GIVEN 20 DAYS TO PREPARE FOR THEIR REMOVAL AND TEMPORARY TRANSIT ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO ANY GENUINE SQUATTER WHO CANNOT MOVE IN TIME,+ MR. LEE SAID.
TEMPORARY WATER CUT IN MONG KOK
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN MONG KOK WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR A FEW HOURS AS FROM 1 A.M. ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 23) TO FACILITATE A LEAKAGE TEST IN THE DISTRICT.
THE AREA AFFECTED IS_BOUNDED BY NATHAN ROAD, DUNDAS STREET, SHANGHAI STREET AND SHAN TUNG STREET.
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