SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1980
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BE CAREFUL BEFORE BUYING HUTS WARNS YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE
THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT YUEN OFFERED A HUT IN THE AREA TO BE
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LONG HAS WARNED ANYONE BEING VERY CAREFUL. +
ASSISTANT YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR QUENTIN LEWIS, SAID CASES WERE COMING TO LIGHT WHERE HUTS LISTED AS AGRICULTURAL PREMISES WERE BEING CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL PREMISES AND SOLD TO UNSUSPECTING FAMILIES.
HE SAID IT WAS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THESE FAMILIES WERE BEING WRONGLY INFORMED BY THE SELLER THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR PUBLIC OR TEMPORARY HOUSING SHOULD THE STRUCTURE BE DEMOLISHED.
MR LEWIS SAID TO CONVERT A STRUCTURE WITHOUT AUTHORITY WAS ILLEGAL. WHERE CASES WERE DISCOVERED A LETTER WAS SENT FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE POINTING OUT THE ILLEGAL USE AND WARNING THAT UNLESS THE STRUCTURE REVERTED TO ITS ORIGINAL USAGE IT WOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT SOME OWNERS OF ILLEGALLY CONVERTED STRUCTURES SOLD THEM - ONE STRUCTURE OF 18.1 SQUARE METRES WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF DISTRICT OFFICE ACTION WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT FOR $3 000 - LEAVING THE NEW OWNER TO FACE DEMOLITION ACTION, MR LEWIS SAID.
+PEOPLE WHO ARE OFFERED STRUCTURES FOR ACCOMMODATION PURPOSES ARE URGED TO CHECK FIRST WHETHER DISTRICT OFFICE ACTION IS PENDING ON IT, HE SAID. THIS COULD BE DONE QUITE EASILY BY CHECKING WITH SQUATTER CONTROL STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
BASALT ISLAND FIRING RANGE OPENS ON MONDAY ****
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT A NEW FIRING RANGE WILL OPEN IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT NEXT WEEK,
FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY (MAY 26 TO 28) FROM 8 AM TO 12 MOON EACH DAY AT THE RANGE WHICH INCORPORATES BASALT ISLAND AND THE OPEN SEA TO THE EAST OF IT.
IT REPLACES THE OLD PORT SHELTER RANGE AND WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL TARGET PRACTICE FOR ROYAL NAVY AND MARINE POLICE CRAFT.
ENTRY INTO THE RANGE AREA IS PROHIBITED DURING FIRING PRACTICE AND WHEN THE RANGE DANGER FLAGS ARE FLYING. THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO WARNED NOT TO TOUCH OR PICK UP ANY OBJECT IN THE DANGER AREAS.
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