TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1981
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LEASE ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN TUEN MUN
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THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE IS MOUNTING A FOUR-STAGE OPERATION AGAINST UNAUTHORISED PODIUM AND ROOFTOP STRUCTURES ON LEASED LAND.
THE OPERATION, THE FIRST STAGE OF WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT. IT INVOLVES CLEARANCE OF PODIUM STRUCTURES IN THE TOWN CENTRE.
LATER STAGES WILL INVOLVE CLEARANCE OF ROOFTOP AND PODIUM STRUCTURES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN AND DISTRICT.
THE UNIT HAS ALREADY DEMOLISHED 44 STRUCTURES AND DISPOSED OF 36 ABANDONED VEHICLES WITH HELP FROM STAFF OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
A TOTAL OF 180 WARNING LETTERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, 68 OF WHICH HAVE BROUGHT RESULTS.
ELEVEN PEOPLE UNLAWFULLY OCCUPYING CROWN LAND HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED AND FINED OVER $20 000. ONE HAS BEEN IMPRISONED FOR THREE MONTHS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE UNIT IS TAKING LEASE ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY BUILT OR WHICH ARE CAUSING NUISANCE.
IT HAS ISSUED WARNING LETTERS TO 88 OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND VIOLATING LEASE CONDITIONS. A SUM OF $53 591 IN FOR BEARANCE FEES HAS BEEN CHARGED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE UNIT HAS CALLED ON OWNERS TO COMPLY WITH LEASE CONDITIONS IN THEIR OWN INTERESTS.
WELFARE CHIEF VISITS CENTRES FOR AGED AND CHILDREN
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, CONTINUING HIS ROUND OF VISITS TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE FIELD, TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED THE CHAI WAN MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE METHODIST CHURCH HING WAH SOCIAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN SERVICE.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF SOCIAL WORK OFFICER FOR OPERATIONS, MR N.S. KWOK, AND THE EASTERN AND WAN CHAI DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR STEPHEN CHAU.
THE DIRECTOR FIRST WENT TO THE CHAI WAN MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, RUN BY THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE AGED, WHICH WAS OPENED IN OCTOBER 1979.
/THE CENTRS
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