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British army to help to rescue the residents and clean up the road. The heavy flooding increased the hardness of the rescue and clean up, there were 869 acres of farm land were flooded with sea water, over 30 percent (277 acres) were in Sha Tin, almost 65 percent (179 acres) of the low lying farm in Sha Tin were still affected two months later. The shops and store were also heavily damaged by the flood, many goods from the store were drifting on the street and it was difficult for them to reopen in short term.
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