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Question No. 6

Reply by the Hon. CHAN Nai-keong, CBE, JP, Secretary for Lands and Works, to a question by the Hon. CHEUNG Yan-lung, MBE, SBStJ, JP, at Legislative Council on 9 January, 1985

Question:

Will Government inform this Council whether the reclamation works at Shaukeiwan, Aberdeen and Chai Wan have reduced the size of the typhoon shelters at these locations and, if so, whether this is giving rise to over- crowding; bad sanitation and increased fire hazards?

Sir,

The reclamation works at Chai Wan, Shaukeiwan

and Aberdeen have marginally reduced the size of the

typhoon shelters at these locations. In general terms, this has not aggravated environmental problems such as overcrowding, poor sanitation or fire hazards and insofar

as boat-squatters have been cleared and resettled in the process the problems have been ameliorated.