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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988

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BE REDEVELOPED BY THE

CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY AROUND. 30 TENEMENT HOUSES CONSTRUCTED THE 1950'S, THE 5,980 SQUARE METRE SITE WILL HOUSING SOCIETY IN THE EARLY 1990'S.

PROVIDE

THE COMPOSITE DEVELOPMENT WILL

A LARGE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CATCHICK STREET AND RESIDENTIAL COMPLEXES INCORPORATING COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ON THE NORTH SIDE.

MR LAN SAID SUCH RENEWAL PROJECTS WERE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN A DISTRICT WHICH WAS NOT NOTED FOR LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC HOUSING.

DURING HIS TOUR, MR LAN WAS ALSO SHOWN THE INCINERATOR, ABATTOIR AND WHOLESALE MARKET IN KENNEDY TOWN FROM A VANTAGE POINT KA WAI MAN ROAD.

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EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT POLLUTION PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THESE PLANTS, MR LAN SAID THE GREEN ISLAND RECLAMATION PROJECT, CURRENTLY UNDER STUDY, WOULD PROBABLY PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE SITE FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE ABATTOIR AND ITS ANCILLARY FACILITIES ALONG THE NEW SEAFRONT.

MEANWHILE, HE POINTED OUT, THE INCINERATOR WOULD BE CLOSED IN 1991 WHEN THE ISLAND REFUSE TRANSFER STATION AND THE CONTROLLED TIP IN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES WERE IN OPERATION.

THE FISH AND VEGETABLE WHOLESALE MARKET WOULD BE RESITED ΤΟ THE WESTERN RECLAMATION IN 1990.

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MR LAN ALSO LOOKED OVER THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING THE WESTERN RECLAMATION AND PUBLIC CARGO HANDLING ACTIVITIES, FROM A POLICE LAUNCH.

SHEUNG WAN PRE-WAR BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS * * * * * *

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (FRIDAY) DECLARED NOS. 4, 6,

6, 8 TUNG MAN STREET AND NO. 1 WING ON STREET TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND NOS, 3, 5 AND 7 WING ON STREET LIABLE то BECOME DANGEROUS.

IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THESE THREE STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS WERE MAINLY BUILT OF TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOF ON LOAD BEARING BRICK WALLS.

VERTICAL FRACTURES WITH A GAP VARYING IN WIDTH OF BETWEEN 6 MM AND 50 MM WERE FOUND ON THE FLANK WALL OF NO. 4 TUNG MAN STREET EXTENDING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL TO GROUND FLOOR LEVEL.

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