XN000022-1987-03-31 — Page 14

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1987

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CLEARANCES IN EASTERN

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THREE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CLEARANCES COVERING FIVE BACKLANES IN EASTERN DISTRICT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT TO REMOVE GAS LEAKAGE RISKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE FIVE TARGET LANES WERE THE BACKLANES OF TSING FUNG STREET AND WING HING STREET IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND THE BACKLANES OF TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD, CHUN YEUNG STREET AND KING'S ROAD IN NOR HT POINT.

THE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR UNDER THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE. THE OPERATIONS COMPLETED THE BACKLANE STRUCTURE CLEARANCE PROGRAMME FOR 1986-87 IN THE DISTRICT.

A TOTAL OF 178 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED AND 15 LICENSED STALLS WERE ALSO TRIMMED DOWN TO THEIR PERMITTED SIZE.

THE 127 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCES HAD BEEN REHOUSED OR GRANTED EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES.

THESE BACKLANES WOULD BE REPAVED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT AFTER THE REMOVAL OF ALL DEBRIS BY THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND THE COMPLETION OF NECESSARY REPAIR WORKS. BARRIERS AND WARNING NOTICES WILL BE PUT UP AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE LANES TO WARN AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF CLEARANCE FOR 1987-88 ALSO WOULD INCLUDE FIVE LOCATIONS, ONE IN NORTH POINT AND FOUR IN CAUSEWAY BAY.

IN ADDITION, SOME ILLEGAL STRUCTURES OCCUPYING PART OF THE PAVEMENT AT NORTH VIEW STREET WOULD ALSO BE REMOVED AFTER THE RESUMPTION OF THE STREET IN MID-1987.

A TOTAL OF 80 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLEARED IN 1987-88.

NEW WORKS PROPOSED FOR SHA TAU KOK, SHA TIN

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NEW WORKS ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT AT SHA TAU KOK AND SHA TIN TO COPE WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN SHA TAU KOK, A SUBSIDIARY PUMPING STATION IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF SAN LAU STREET IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNED SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

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