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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994

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CLEARANCE OF SQUATTERS ON PRIVATE LAND

A

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON STEVEN POON KWOK-LIM AND

ENVIRONMENT AND WRITTEN REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, LANDS, MR CANICE MAK, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY);

QUESTION :

THE GOVERNOR STATED THAT THE IN HIS RECENT POLICY ADDRESS, GOVERNMENT WAS COMMITTED TO REHOUSING ALL URBAN SQUATTERS MENTION WAS ON GOVERNMENT LAND BEFORE 1997. HOWEVER, NO

IN SQUATTER MADE OF ANY PLAN FOR REHOUSING THOSE LIVING

WILL IN VIEW OF THIS, PRIVATE

THE LAND. AREAS GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING :

ON

(A) HOW MANY SQUATTER AREAS ARE LOCATED ON PRIVATE LAND;

(B) WHAT IS THE TOTAL POPULATION IN THESE SQUATTER AREAS;

THERE (C) WHETHER

SQUATTERS; AND

IS ANY

PLAN FOR

REHOUSING

THESE

ANSWER

AND HO

(D) WHETHER LAI CHI YUEN, HAU WONG MIU NEW VILLAGE

KA YUEN IN KOWLOON TONG ARE REGARDED AS SQUATTER AREAS SQUATTERS LIVING ON TRIVATE LAND; IF SO, WHEN WILL THE IN THESE AREAS BE REHOUSED?

MR PRESIDENT,

URBAN

IN HIS 1992 POLICY ADDRESS, THE GOVERNOR PLEDGED TO REHOUSE ALL

AS REGARDS SQUATTERS SQUATTERS ON GOVERNMENT LAND BY 1996.

PRIVATE LAND :

ON

LOTS MINGLED (A) THERE ARE NOW 22 SQUATTER AREAS ON PRIVATE

WITH GOVERNMENT LAND NINE IN KOWLOON AND 13 ON HONG KONG ISLAND,

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(B)

THE TOTAL POPULATION IN THESE SQUATTER AREAS IS AT ABOUT 22,000;

ESTIMATED

(C)

CLEARANCE OF THESE SQUATTER AREAS COULD NOT PROCEED THE PRIVATE LOTS HAVE BEEN RESUMED FOR A PUBLIC AND

UNTIL PURPOSE;

(D)

LAI CHI YUEN, HAU WONG MIU NEW VILLAGE AND HO KAR YUEN ARE GOVERNMENT LOTS. SITUATED ON PRIVATE LAND MINGLED WITH THEIR CLEARANCE AND REHOUSING WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE PRIVATE LOTS HAVE BEEN RESUMED FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE.

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