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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1991

BETWEEN

THE AGREEMENTS FOR THE CONSULTANCY STUDIES WERE SIGNED EPD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (WASTE AND WATER POLICY), MR MIKE STOKOE, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE FIRMS.

THEY WERE A DIRECTOR OF MOUCHEL ASIA LIMITED, MR S.A. KUBRYCHT (FOR THE NENT LANDFILL); A DIRECTOR OF SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK & COMPANY LIMITED, MR W. A. MASLOWICZ (FOR THE SENT LANDFILL); AND A DIRECTOR OF OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS HONG KONG LIMITED, MR J.G. ROBERTSON (FOR THE WENT LANDFILL},

0

CLEARANCE FOR TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENT

*

A TOTAL OF 277 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES IN HOI

PA

VILLAGE,

TSUEN

WAN, WERE CLEARED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TSUEN WAN CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT.

THESE STRUCTURES, WHICH ARE

ΤΟ MAKE WAY FOR

THE PROPOSED

MOSTLY

DILAPIDATED, FALL WITHIN

ONE OF THE PLANNING AREAS IN THE NEW TOWN.

DEVELOPMENT WITHIN

THE AREA IS DESIGNATED FOR COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL WITH A NEW ROAD TO ITS EAST. A FOOTBRIDGE LINK IS ALSO PLANNED THE SITE SO AS TO IMPROVE THE NORTH-SOUTH PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION.

OF ABOUT 300 FAMILIES MADE UP

1,090 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SOME INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS, WERE AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE.

HOWEVER, APART FROM ABOUT NINE TO 10 FAMILIES, THE MAJORITY THE RESIDENTS HAD ALREADY MOVED OUT PRIOR TO TODAY'S CLEARANCE.

OF

PERMANENT ELIGIBLE FAMILIES WERK ALLOCATED EITHER

HOUSING OR TEMPORARY HOUSING IN TSING YI, KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICTS.

OF ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, THERE WERE 28 SHOP OPERATORS INVOLVED

AND HAD ALREADY WHOM 24 WERE FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE COLLECTED THEIR PAYMENTS.

THE TSUEN WAN A SPOKESMAN FOR

DISTRICT LANDS FINAL TODAY'S CLEARANCE WAS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE

AIM ΤΟ RESUMPTION GAZETTED IN JULY LAST YEAR WITH THE FOR THE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

OFFICE SAID PHASE OF A PROVIDE LAND

OF HOI PA HE POINTED OUT THAT A MAJOR PORTION OF THE VILLAGE

IN EARLY 1980 UNDER A HAD ALREADY BEEN REVERTED TO THE GOVERNMENT BLOCK RESUMPTION APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

MANY OF

TO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP, FOLLOWING THEIR REVERS LON THESE LOTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES SUCH AS THE PARKS, OPEN SPACES, PROVISIONS OF ROADS, A PRIMARY SCHOOL, DISTRICT THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL EXTENSION AND PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES.

OUT CARRIED

BY STAFF OF THE TODAY'S CLEARANCE WAS JOINTLY HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE.

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