THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1975
HOUSING DEPARTMENT CLEARS ILLEGAL HUTS IMPEDING STREAM FLOW
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THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY CLEARED 19 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WHICH IMPEDED THE FLOW OF A STREAM IN LYEMUN AND CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODING DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE AFFECTED IN THE OPERATION AT LING NAM SUN TSUEN, LYEMUN HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SITES AT SAM KAR TSUEN LICENSED ÅREA TO BUILD NEW HUTS.
THESE STRUCTURES WHICH WERE ERECTED ON THE COURSE OF A STREAM RUNNING THROUGH A NEARBY SQUATTER AREA, CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODING DURING HEAVY RAIN IN MAY AND JUNE THIS YEAR.
A JOINT SURVEY CARRIED OUT AFTERWARDS BY OFFICERS OF THE SQUATTER CONTROL OFFICE AND THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THE FLOODING HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THESE ILEGAL HUTS WHICH ALMOST COMPLETELY BLOCKED THE STREAM AND IMPEDED THE NATURAL WATER FLOW.
THE DECISION TO CLEAR THE STRUCTURES WAS MADE ON THE ADVICE OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE ENGINEERS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SAID: +TODAY'S OPERATION HAS ELIMINATED THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER FLOODINGS WHICH COULD CAUSE INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH TO THE NEARBY SQUATTERS,+
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