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Referring to the recovery this morning of two bodies identified to be that of the missing couple in Shum Wan, Aberdeen, the spokesman said staff of Southern District Office and the Social Welfare Department would approach the family or friends of the deceased to see what kind of assistance they needed.
The Southern District Office had provided temporary shelter at the Tang Shiu Kin Primary School in Wong Chuk Hang to four male workers of a shipyard and a timber factory in Shum Wan which were demolished by the landslip.
Three of them have moved to a transit centre in Tuen Mun run by the Housing Department today.
"An immediate cash relief of $1,000 was also given to each of them by the Southern District Office, also from the General Chinese Charities Fund," the spokesman said.
The Home Affairs Department has opened 51 temporary shelters and provided temporary refuge to 238 people since typhoon signal No 8 was hoisted on Friday.
End/Tuesday, August 15, 1995
Buildings temporarily closed due to landslips
A number of buildings which have been affected by landslips had been temporarily closed by the Building Authority under closure orders.
Chaiwan Baptist Church at Fei Tsui Road has been closed from this (Tuesday) morning. Low-rise buildings at 73, 87 and 89 Repulse Bay Road; House Nos 1, 2 and 12 at 46 Island Road; Unit Nos 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B at 18 Shouson Hill Road and Island Gardens at Chai Wan Road were closed this (Tuesday) afternoon.
The nurses quarters at Nam Long Hospital in Wong Chuk Hang will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.
A spokesman for the Buildings Department said that the premises would be re- opened once the threat of danger to the buildings was removed.
End/Tuesday, August 15, 1995
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