XN000022-1979-07-28 — Page 3

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1979

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PEOPLE HAVING OBJECTIONS OR ANY CLAIM OF PRIVATE RIGHT SHOULD SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN TWO MONTHS.

THE NOTICE (IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE) WITH ITS RELATED PLAN CAN BE SEEN ON NOTICE BOARDS POSTED NEAR THE SITE.

THE PLAN SHOWING THE AREA OF SEA BED INVOLVED MAY ALSO BE SEEN AT THE PORT WORKS DIVISION, FIRST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG OR THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, OR THE DISTRICT OFFICE, TSUEN WAN, HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES,

A CERTAIN SMILE AT SAI LAU KOK

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE IN PERSUADING AT LEAST ONE OCCUPANT TO LEAVE THE DEMOLITION-DOOMED BUILDINGS AT SAI LAU KOK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH ITSELF.

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IN THIS CASE, THE GOVERNMENT PRESENCE TAKES THE FORM MRS. FLORENCE YIP, WHO HAS HEADED THE LIAISON CENTRE ESTABLISHED IN ONE OF THE CONDEMNED BUILDINGS LAST MARCH TO COPE WITH ON-THE-SPOT INQUIRIES FROM OCCUPANTS AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE.

SINCE THEN, MRS. YIP, A LIAISON OFFICER, HAS DEALT WITH NEARLY 1,200 DIFFERENT INQUIRIES RANGING FROM ANGRY RESIDENTS +WHO JUST WANTED TO GET THINGS OFF THEIR CHEST+ TO ANXIOUS MOTHERS INQUIRING ABOUT SCHOOLING FOR THEIR CHILDREN AT THE NEARBY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WHERE THEY WERE ABOUT TO GO.

MRS. YIP SAYS THAT SHE TOOK UP THE JOB WITH ONE AIM IN MIND +TO BE SYMPATHETIC, CHEERFUL AND SMILE.+

SHE ADDED +WE HAVE HAD TO TACKLE ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS BUT I THINK WE MANAGED TO SORT THEM OUT.

+BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CALM AND PATIENT IN THIS JOB AND TRY TO BE SYMPATHETIC AND SOOTHING.

+SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAME IN AND SHOUTED AT ME BLAMING ME FOR TEARING DOWN THE BUILDINGS. BUT IN THESE CASES, THEY JUST WANTED TO LET OFF A BIT OF STEAM AND ONCE THEY HAD DONE THIS THEY WOULD SIT DOWN AND TALK AND WORK OUT THEIR PROBLEMS.+

NOT SURPRISINGLY, MOST OF THE INQUIRIES CONCERNED COMPENSATION AND REHOUSING AND MRS. YIP HAD TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED TO KEEP RESIDENTS FULLY IN THE PICTURE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL CASES.

SHE DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF CASES WHERE OWNERS REFUSED TO ALLOW HOUSING DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS INTO THEIR PREMISES TO SCREEN TENANTS ABOUT THE IR REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS.

/+1 MANAGEND