TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1976
PILOT SCHEME TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO SQUATTER AREAS ******
RESIDENTS OF SIX SQUATTER AREAS ON THE SLOPES OF LION ROCK HILL WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN GREATER COMFORT UNDER A PILOT ELECTR IF ICATION SCHEME.
THIS SCHEME IS RECOMMENDED BY A WORKING PARTY ON ELECTRI- FICATION OF SQUATTER AREAS, CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT AND CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. LTD.
IT WILL EVENTUALLY BENEFIT AN ESTIMATED 8,500 PEOPLE OF 1,700 FAMILIES NOW LIVING IN THE SPRAWLING SQUATTER, AREAS IN WONG TAI SIN KNOWN INDIVIDUALLY AS MA CHAI HANG, YAN OI, YAN YEE, TAI YUEN AND UPPER AND LOWER LION ROCK HILL VILLAGES.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS THE BIGGEST ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT UNDERTAKEN IN A SQUATTER AREA BY ANY POWER SUPPLY COMPANY IN HONG KONG
AT PRESENT, RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS HAVE TO DEPEND ON PRIVATE GENERATORS OR ILLEGALLY TAPPING OFF PUBLIC LIGHTING FOR THE IR SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY.
THE UNSATISFACTORY SITUATION HAS BEEN A SUBJECT OF GRAVE CONCERN TO GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. LTD. ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE A LEGAL SOURCE OF POWER HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PAST BUT HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY A HOST OF PROBLEMS WHICH HAD TO BE SOLVED.
THE WORKING PARTY ON ELECTRIFICATION OF SQUATTER AREAS WAS SET UP LAST NOVEMBER BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING WITH THE JOB OF SELECTING A PILOT AREA FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A LEGAL POWER SUPPLY AND TO OVERCOME PRACTICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED.
MRS. ELAINE CHIA, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, WAS APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS INCLUDE MR. COLIN STEELE, COMMERCIAL ENGINEER AND MR. R.A, PEDDER, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION ENGINEER OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. LTD., MR. MICHAEL SZE, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (KOWLOON) AND MR. R.R.L. POGUE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.
UNDER THE SCHEME NOW PROPOSED, ELECTRICITY FROM POWER STATIONS WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE PILOT AREA VIA OVERHEAD LINES AND FED INTO METER ROOMS AND DISTRIBUTION PILLARS FROM WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ARRANGE TO MAKE THEIR OWN MAINS CONNECTIONS.
ENGINEERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND CHINA LIGHT HAVE ADVISED REPRESENTATIVES ON THE SAFEST AND MOST EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF
INSTALLATION.
THE CIN DISTRICT OFFICE HAS BEEN VERT ACTIVE IN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND IN ORGANISING THEM THROUGH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES,
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