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TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1986

THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 2.30 PM IN THE MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF TSUEN WAN MULTI-STOREY CARPARK BUILDING, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN

WAN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON FRIDAY.

FIRST CLEARANCE FOR EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING

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ABOUT 181 SQUATTER STRUCTURES IN LEI YUE MUN ROAD WERE CLEARED TODAY (TUESDAY) TO MAKE WAY FOR THE $3 000 MILLION EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT.

TODAY'S OPERATION WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF CLEARANCES CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT WORKING GROUP ON EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT SET UP LAST OCTOBER UNDER THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID THE OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY AS ALL FAMILIES AFFECTED HAD BEEN PROPERLY REHOUSED.

+ACCORDING TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY, 74 PERSONS FROM 25 FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE WERE ALLOCATED FLATS IN PUBLIC HOUSING WHILE 152 PERSONS FROM 68 FAMILIES HAVE MOVED TO TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, HE SAID.

MR CHAN SAID THE FAMILIES HAD ALSO BEEN OFFERED REMOVAL ALLOWANCES.

AMONG THE STRUCTURES CLEARED TODAY. 37 WERE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, MOSTLY WORKSHOPS, AND EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES HAD BEEN GRANTED TO ALL ELIGIBLE BUSINESS OPERATORS.

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