Land resumption for drainage works in North District
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    The Government will resume 60 private agricultural lots with a total area of about 9,295 square metres in the vicinity of three rivers at Ma Tso Lung, Ying Pun and Shek Tsai Leng, Sheung Shui, to make way for the implementation of drainage improvement works to alleviate the flooding problem there.

     A notice for the land resumption was published in the Gazette today (January 18).

     The project is scheduled to begin in May 2008, for completion in April 2010.

Ends/Friday, January 18, 2008
Issued at HKT 14:45

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