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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1986

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ILLEGAL STRUCTURES CLEARED IN KWUN TONG

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A TOTAL OF 47 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT HORSE SHOE LANE IN KWUN TONG WERE CLEARED TODAY (TUESDAY) AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME.

IT WAS INITIATED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

SITUATED IN THE TOWN AREA, 33 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE

FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, WHILE THE REMAINING 14 STRUCTURES WERE DOMESTIC UNITS.

OF THE PEOPLE AFFECTED, FOUR WERE RESETTLED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, WHILE 16 PEOPLE WERE ALLOCATED TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS.

EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TOTALLING $72 120.75 WERE ALSO GRANTED TO ELIGIBLE SHOP-OPERATORS.

VIEWS OF WOMEN WORKERS BEING SOUGHT

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MEMBERS OF THE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF A SURVEY ON THE CONDITIONS OF WORK FOR FEMALE WORKERS IN TSUEN WAN AT A COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 18).

THE COMMITTEE COMMISSIONED THE SURVEY TO FIND OUT THE ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS OF FEMALE WORKERS CONCERNING THEIR EMPLOYMENT.

REPORTS ON WORKING GROUPS ON LIAISON WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AND THE WORKING POPULATION WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED.

AN EXPLANATORY PAPER FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WITH INFORMATION ON SAMPLING METHODS USED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN CONDUCTING SURVEYS ON INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE TABLED FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS.

THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK BUILDING, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING,

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