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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987

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MR BARNES SAID THAT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE 22 BLOCKS NOTŠE FROM THE AIRPORT, MAINLY FROM AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF AND LANDING, WAS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS.

IT WAS SIMILAR TO NOISE LEVELS EXPERIENCED BY OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT, AND DID NOT TAKE PLACE DURING THE .. NIGHT.

+ HOWEVER, THERE IS A NOISE PROBLEM FOR SOME OF THE BLOCKS CLOSEST TO THE AIRPORT, IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE FLATS FACING DIRECTLY THE HAECO PREMISES AND THE AIR CARGO COMPLEX, AS A RESULT OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND CARGO HANDLING, AT NIGHT.

+AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE 24 HOURS OF THE DAY IS ESSENTIAL TO THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT.

+A SIMILAR SITUATION APPLIES TO CARGO HANDLING, HE ADDED. MR BARNES SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE DEVELOPER OF RICHLAND GARDENS HAD HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH HAECO AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO SEE HOW NOISE LEVELS COULD BE REDUCED, AND THAT THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE SITUATION.

ABERDEEN BOAT DWELLERS TO BE REHOUSED IN PHASES

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THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER WOULD BE CLEARED OF BOAT DWELLINGS BY THE MID-1990'S AND BOAT DWELLERS WERE BEING REHOUSED IN PHASES, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR LIAO SAID THE NUMBER OF BOAT DWELLINGS IN THE SHELTER HAD DECREASED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S REHOUSING PROGRAMME AND, IN ADDITION, SOME BOATS HAD SUNK.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR ON THE RECENT FIRE AT THE SHELTER WHICH LEFT 242 FAMILIES HOMELESS MR LAIO SAID THESE FAMILIES, COMPRISING 1 153 PEOPLE, WERE BEING REHOUSED.

A FURTHER 364 FAMILIES, COMPRISING 1 752 PEOPLE, WOULD BE REHOUSED IN PHASED CLEARANCES IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS AND AN EQUAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES REMAINING WOULD BE RE HOUSED BY THE MID-1990'S, HE SAID.

/+GOVERNMENT RECOGNISTS