SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1979
ILLEGAL GRAVES CLEARED
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ELEVEN ILLEGAL GRAVES IN NIM WAN AND TWO OTHERS IN KWONG SHAN IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN CLEARED BY GOVERNMENT STAFF.
+WHERE RELATIVES COULD BE TRACED BEFORE EXHUMATION, THEY WERE APPROACHED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THE GRAVÉS THEMSELVES,+ A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
UNDER SECTION 118 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, BURIALS OUTSIDE AUTHORISED CEMETERIES ARE NOT PERMITTED AS THE PRACTICE IS CONTRARY TO THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND COULD CONSTITUTE A HEALTH HAZARD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ILLEGAL BURIALS IN NIM WAN AND KWONG SHAN CAN ALSO CAUSE DANGER TO LIFE WHEN FIRING PRACTICE IS TAKING PLACE ON THE CASTLE PEAK RANGE,+ HE ADDED.
REMAINS HAVE BEEN RE-INTERRED. IN SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY.
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