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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1989

GOVERNOR ON PRIVATE VISIT TO THAILAND

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL SPEND THE IN THAILAND FOR A PRIVATE VISIT WITH LADY WILSON.

COMING WEEKEND

THEY WILL LEAVE FOR BANGKOK TOMORROW (FRIDAY) EVENING *ND RETURN ON MONDAY (JULY 10).

TYPHOON SHELTER OUT OF BOUNDS TO DWELLING BOATS

*

A CLOSED AREA TO (DWELLING VESSELS)

THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER WILL BECOME DWELLING BOATS UNDER A SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONS ORDER WHICH WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

WORKING GROUP MARINE +

A CLEARANCE EXERCISE IS BEING CO-ORDINATED BY A COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICE,

EDUCATION, WELFARE, SOCIAL HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, DEPARTMENTS. AS WELL AS THE POLICE. THE LICENSED BOAT INFORMED OF THIS FROM JULY LAST YEAR.

THE WORKING GROUP IS ALSO THEIR REHOUSING AND OTHER NEEDS.

AND LABOUR DWELLERS WERE

ASSISTING THE

BOAT

DWELLERS WITH

TS IM DISTRICT OFFICER THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP, YAU

WAS AIMED AT THE CLEARANCE {THURSDAY) MR WONG HON-HO, SAID TODAY

AS THE IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF THE BOAT DWELLERS AS WELL TYPHOON SHELTER ITSELF.

PO-CHI.

OF THE WORKING NUMBER OF LICENSED A POPULATION OF THE THREE VOLUNTARY OF

SINCE DEPARTMENT HOUSING

AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND A MEMBER

THE THAT LAU

POINTED OUT GROUP. MR DWELLING BOATS HAD IN FACT DECREASED FROM 539 (WITH

RESULT ABOUT

AS A 2,500) IN 1983 TO

BY THE

40 CONDUCTED

REHOUSING EXERCISES

SEPTEMBER 1984.

THE REMAINING LICENSED

BOAT

PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES

WOULD DWELLERS

HOUSING AND URBAN TEMPORARY

BE

REHOUSED AREAS BY THE

IN

HOUSING DEPARTMENT, DEPENDING ON ELIGIBILITY.

MEMBER OF THE WORKING AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE AND A GROUP, MR BERNARD TANG, SAID THAT A NUMBER OF WORKING BOATS USED AS HOUSE BOATS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER SINCE 1983.

HAD BEEN

INTO

WAY

HE STRESSED THAT THESE BOATS COULD NOT BE TREATED THE SAME

ONLY CAME

BEING AS THE LICENSED DWELLING VESSELS BECAUSE THEY

OF THE DWELLING AND USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES AFTER THE VESSELS REGULATIONS IN 1983.

THOSE UNLICENSED DWELLING

INTENDED PURPOSE BY

THE

ENACTMENT

BOATS

DWELLERS

MUST BE RENEWING

OR

RESTORED

ΤΟ

THEIR

A OBTAINING

VALID

SURRENDER THEIR

BOATS

WORKING BOAT LICENCE, ALTERNATIVELY, THEY MAY TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

/IF THESE