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(d) Tuen Mun
(i)
(e) Ha Tsuen
(ii)
(iii)
resettlement for inhabitants after clearance;
no land available for
exchange for Letters 13 holders; i
procrastination in the implementation of the Layout Plan.
a memorandum containing the following issues was pre- sented by the Rural Committee Chairman, M. TANG Chai-on :
(i) cheap rent paid by the
Army in the firing range and unreasonably low compensation rates for pine trees cut down in the range;
(ii)
Government unilaterally alters forestry lot licences into grass cropping permits;
(iii) resumption of private land with force (TANG produced photographs showing policemen on scene in a demolition
(iv)
of structures on a farm);
D.0. Yuen Long overlooked complaints by villagers of flooding from some local rivers.
At this point Mr. Parry commented that the D.0. should con- sult Rural Committee Chairmen for suitable solutions over various problems. On the question of the firing range, he had met representatives of the War Department and discussed with Mr. David Akers-Jones (D.C.N.T.-designate) the question of compensation for property damaged by firing exercises. Mr. Parry visited the firing range.
(f) Tsuen Wan and Tsing Yi
nothing significant was discussed.
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