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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1988

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NINETEEN FAMILIES COMPRISING 27 PERSONS WERE AFFECTED. THESE, FOUR FAMILIES WERE RESETTLED IN PERMANENT HOUSING AND EIGHT TEMPORARY HOUSING. THE OPERATOR OF A COOKED FOOD STALL WAS OFFERED EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES.

THIS WAS THE LAST OF A SERIES OF 91X REAR LANE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS CO-ORDINATED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR. THE CLEARANCES WERE JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE POLICE AND THE HOUSING AND BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENTS,

A TOTAL OF 100 STRUCTURES HAD BEEN CLEARED DURING FIVE EARLIER OPERATIONS IN THE REAR LANES OF SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, FA YUEN STREET, ANCHOR STREET, OAK STREET AND SHANGHAI STREET.

FOR THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, A Number of REAR LANES IDENTIFIED TO CLEAR THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES THERE.

WILL BE

NORTH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME, ANTI-NARCOTICS VARIETY SHOW

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THE NORTH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A GRAND VARIETY SHOW ON SATURDAY (MARCH 19) EVENING TO MARK THE CLOSING OF THE 1987-88 FIGHT CRIME AND ANTI-DRUG ADDICTION PROGRAMMES.

"THE SHOW AT FANLING RECREATION GROUND WILL BE PRODUCED AND BROADCAST LIVE BY ASIA TELEVISION LIMITED TO ENSURE THAT ITS MESSAGE WILL REACH THE WIDEST AUDIENCE," SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR TAO MAN-KWONG.

THE SHOW WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS ALONG WITH DONATIONS FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, MR TAO ADDED.

BY POPULAR SINGERS, AND A SKIT. TELEVISION

THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES MOTOR-CYCLING AND GYMNASTIC DEMONSTRATIONS, ARTISTES WILL PERFORM ACROBATIC ACTS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE APPEAL MESSAGES BY MEMBERS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND PROMINENT LOCAL PERSONALITIES.

ABOUT 15,000 SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO WILL ATTEND THE SHOW. FREE ADMISSION TICKETS ARE NOW OBTAINABLE FROM THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE AT JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, FANLING; ITS COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCHI OFFICE IN CHOI YUEN ESTATE, SHEUNG SHUI; ITS PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES AT SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEUNG SHUI, AND IN CHEUNG WAH FANLING; AND FROM THE FOUR RURAL COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT.

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