Land resumption for drainage improvement works in Sheung Shui
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    The Lands Department will resume 42 private agricultural lots with a total area of about 15,386 square metres in Kwu Tung South, Sheung Shui, to facilitate drainage improvement works to alleviate the flooding problem in the area.

     A Notice for the land resumption was published in the Gazette today (June 23).

     The project is scheduled to begin in December, 2006, and will take about 24 months to complete.

Ends/Friday, June 23, 2006
Issued at HKT 14:30

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