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Stench affecting Plot P seniors’ rental housing mitigated: govt

2025-01-09 02:50
BY Tony Wong
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The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) and the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in joint statement yesterday evening that the stench issue affecting the area near the government’s high-rise rental residential building for senior citizens on Plot P in Areia Preta district has now been “improved” after the completion of the sewer cleaning work for its adjacent newly completed temporary housing project.

According to yesterday’s brief statement, DSPA and IAS officials have concluded that the foul odour has been alleviated after making an on-site visit to the area yesterday.

The statement said that the sewer cleaning work for the newly completed temporary housing project on Plot P has been completed, adding that the outlet for the respective sewer pipes has been properly closed.

The government said on Tuesday that three tenants living in the rental residential building for seniors had requested that their lease be cancelled due to the reek affecting the area near the building, or for “other personal reasons”. 

Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Ip Kuong Lam (second from left) yesterday briefs Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai (first from left) about improvements in the stench issue affecting the rental residential building for senior citizens on Plot P, next to the outlet for sewer pipes for the newly completed temporary housing project.  – Photo: IAS/DSPA


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