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BY AAG
UNCLASSIFED
'the Governor, Hong Kong
To the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
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30th January, 1974.
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Telegram Number 86 of 23/1. - Mr. LUI Sung
A copy of the letter from Mrs. Elliott referred to in paragraph 6 of your telegram is still awaited. However, we think that we can anticipate the contents of the letter and to save time the following comments and report on the background to the case have been prepared:-
A complaint from Mr. LUI Sung addressed
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to the Colonial Secretary was received in April 1972 saying that a hut for residential use, erected on his land held under a Crown Land Fermit had been demolished for no apparent reason and without notice by officers of the then Resettlement Department. No mention was made in this complaint either of the theft of $850 or the demand by a Mr. LEE for payment of $200. A report prepared by the District Commissioner, New Territories shows that the complainant had been refused permission in 1969 to erect a residential structure on this land because the area lay within the Tuen Hun New Town Layout. Mr. LUI Sung nevertheless proceeded to build the house early in 1970, occupying 280 sq.ft. of Crown land. He had hitherto been sharing his parents' house of 285 sq.ft. and a kitchen of 112 sq.ft. within 30 yards of the new structure. The District Officer, on compassionate grounds, in view of the overcrowding in the parents' house decided to tolerate hr. LUI Sung's building and a Crown Land Permit was issued to him. It was made clear to Mr. LUI Sung that he would not be permitted to erect any more buildings on this land. Specifically, he would not be allowed to build his own kitchen and was obliged to make communal use of his parents' kitchen.
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The complainant did, however, erect a kitchen which was discovered on the 13th March 1972. Notice was served on him on the 13th Larch requiring him to prove within two days that the structure was legal. The structure was clearly not legal and was demolished on the 23rd
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