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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1994

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AIRCRAFT SALVAGE OPERATION ENDS

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SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE LAST OF THE PROPELLERS AS WELL AS THE LAST OF THE ENGINES OF THE HERCULES AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED INTO THE SEA ON SEPTEMBER 23 (FRIDAY) HAD BEEN FOUND.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SINCE ALL OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN LOCATED, THE SALVAGE OPERATION HAD SINCE THEN BEEN COMPLETED.

THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE WITH ITS FULL THE AIRCRAFT INCIDENT.

TSUEN WAN UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES

CLEARED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

INVESTIGATION

INTO

GOVERNMENT

(SUNDAY),

IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE PETITION TO HOUSE BY OCCUPANTS OF ROOFTOP STRUCTURES IN TSUEN WAN TODAY THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS, MRS HELEN YU, POINTED OUT THAT THR STRUCTURES ARE UNAUTHORISED AND ARE BEING CLEARED IN THE INTEREST PUBLIC SAFETY.

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SHE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE OCCUPANTS HAD BEEN GIVEN NOTICE OF THE CLEARANCE MANY MONTHS AGO, AND THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, HAD MADE REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE IN NEED WOULD NOT BE RENDERED HOMELESS.

SHE

EXPLAINED: "THE BUILDINGS WHERE THE UNAUTHORISED ROOFTOP STRUCTURES ARE LOCATED HAVE ONLY SINGLE STAIRCASES. IF FIRE BREAKS OUT IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, AND IF THE FIRE AFFECTS THE SINGLE STAIRCASE, THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNAUTHORISED ROOFTOP STRUCTURES WILL DENY RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING ACCESS TO THE ROOFTOP TO AWAIT RESCUE BY FIREMEN. AT THE SAME TIME, THE LIFE OF THE ROOFTOP OCCUPANTS ALSO BE ENDANGERED."

MRS YU STRESSED THAT AT A NUMBER OF MEETINGS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROOFTOP OCCUPANTS, SHE AND HER STAFF HAD THE OCCUPANTS TO HAVE DUE REGARD FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY AND THAT OF RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDINGS CONCERNED.

WILL

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URGED THE

IN EARLY AUGUST, THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT HAD ARRANGED A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE ROOFTOP OCCUPANTS TO DISCUSS REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND OTHER OFFICIALS, SHE

SAID.

"EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO TREAT THEIR CASES SYMPATHETICALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXISTING POLICY, SHE NOTED.

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