XN000022-1979-03-18 — Page 2

SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1979.

TSUEN WAN BLITZ ON UNAUTHORISED CONVERTED LORRY LOADING

AND PARKING AREAS *****

THE GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING UP ITS DRIVE AGAINST THE UNAUTHORISED CONVERSION OF CAR PARKS AND LOADING SPACES IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS IN THE RAPIDLY-EXPANDING TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

A SPECIAL TEAM HAS BEEN SET UP WITHIN THE LEASE ENFORCEMENT UNIT OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED AS +QUITE SERIOUS+ BY THE CHIEF LAND EXECUTIVE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, MR. BASIL OLD.

+MANY INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG HAVE CLAUSES IN THEIR NEW GRANT CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE THE LESSEES TO PROVIDE PROPER SPACES WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY FOR PARKING, LOADING AND UNLOADING OF VEHICLES, MR. OLD SAID.

+HOWEVER IN A GREAT MANY CASES THIS SPACE HAS BEEN UTILISED FOR INDUSTRIAL, STORAGE, OFFICE OR OTHER PURPOSES.

+AS A RESULT, LORRIES OR CONTAINER TRUCKS HAVE TO LOAD OR UNLOAD THEIR GOODS ON THE STREETS, THUS CAUSING SERIOUS CONGESTION AND DISRUPTION TO THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREAS.+

MR. OLD POINTED OUT THAT A SURVEY CARRIED OUT RECENTLY HAS SHOWN THAT MORE THAN 300 INDUSTRIAL LOTS OR PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT WERE FOUND TO HAVE THEIR PARKING SPACES CONVERTED INTO OTHER USE.

+OF THE TOTAL, THE CONDITIONS IN SOME 200 SUCH PROPERTIES ARE QUITE SERIOUS, HE NOTED.

+THESE PREMISES ARE MAINLY SITUATED IN WANG LUNG STREET, MA KOK STREET, TAI PA STREET AND CHAI WAN KOK STREET IN TSUEN WAN AND IN TA CHUEN PING STREET, LAM TIN STREET, TAI LIN PAI ROAD AND KWAI CHEONG ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG.

+OUR EFFORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MANY CASES OF BREACH OF USER IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LAND TEAM, WE ARE ABLE TO TACKLE THE NEXT PRIORITY.+

AS A FIRST STEP TO REMEDY THE SITUATION, A LETTER WOULD BE SENT AS FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO ALL INDUSTRIALISTS IN THE AREA WARNING THEM ABOUT BREACHES OF LEASE CONDITIONS IN THEIR BUILDINGS.

THEY WILL BE GIVEN A REASONABLE TIME TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND AFTER THIS GRACE PERIOD, LEASE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON THESE PREMISES.

/+IF WE STILL