Slope security: Islands District Officer Byron Lam (right) says temporary accommodation will be provided to Tai O residents living near dangerous slopes. Looking on is Chief Geotechnical Engineer Auyeung Yan-sang.

Seven Tai O squatter huts will be cleared and 22 village huts relocated as 23 slopes in the area have been declared dangerous.

Islands District Officer Byron Lam told the media today 300 Tung Chung flats and five Tai O flats have been arranged to provide temporary accommodation to affected residents.

The section of Tai O Road from Ngong Ping Village to Tai O Pier has been cleared and partially reopened while one link of Tai O Road near Kwun Yam Temple has been cleared and will be fully reopened this weekend.

Mr Lam said an extra ferry sailing departing from Tai O at 5.30am will be provided from tomorrow.

The Water Supplies Department has finished fixing pipes and water supplies will soon resume normal, except in several remote villages. The department's water vessels have been dispatched.