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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1974.
ILLEGAL SQUATTERS OF CHAKWOLING OFFERED
ACCOMMODATION AT TRANSIT CENTRE
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ABOUT 100 ILLEGAL SQUATTERS OF THE CHAKWOLING AREA HAVE BEEN OFFERED ACCOMMODATION AT THE YAN OF TRANSIT CENTRE.
HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF TODAY (FRIDAY) HELPED SOME 70 OF THEM REMOVE THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND FURNITURE INTO THE CENTRE.
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THESE SQUATTERS MOVED OUT FROM THE SQUATTER AREA IN CHAKWOLING ROAD NEAR YAU TONG ESTATE YESTERDAY WHEN THEIR ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED.
IN YESTERDAY'S OPERATION SQUATTER CONTROL STAFF OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DEMOLISHED 24 NEWLY ERECTED ILLEGAL STRUCTURES,
THE ACTION WAS THE LATEST TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT TO CURB THE BUILDING OF ILLEGAL HUTS BY RACKETEERS IN THE AREA.
SEVERAL SIMILAR OPERATIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH MORE THAN 100 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT EMPHASISED THAT SIMILAR ACTIONS WOULD BE TAKEN IF NEW ERECTIONS WERE FOUND.
HE FURTHER REPEATED THE DEPARTMENT'S ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC NOT TO FALL PREY TO RACKETEERS WHO OFFER ILLEGAL HUTS BUILT ON CROWN LAND FOR SALE.
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