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sanitation purposes; (2) other health reasons; (3) naval and
military purposes; and
"(4)
resumption for any purpose of whatsoever description, whether ejusdem generis with either of the above purposes or not, which the Governor- in-Council may decide to be a public purpose".
20.
Territories.
This Ordinance was expressly applied to the New
"Land" in Section 2 of the Ordinance included
all land within the limits of the Colony "as enlarged by the
Convention dated 9th June 1898
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21.
The meaning of "resumption for a public purpose"
under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1900, was further
extended by Section 4 (2) of the Town Planning Ordinance, 1939,
as to include the resumption of any land to avoid interfering
with the Town Planning Board's plans for the lay-out of any
The jurisdiction of the Board extends not only to existing
urban areas but also to "potential urban areas" (Section 3) and
would therefore include the New Territories.
area.
22.
Since the enactment of these Ordinances, the Crown
has frequently exercised its powers of resumption in the New
Territories for a variety of public purposes such as the construc-
tion of reservoirs, catchments, tunnels, roads, flyovers and
buildings of various kinds. In all such cases, compensation has
been awarded, at first by the Board of Arbitration, then, the
Land Resumption Board and, under the existing law, by the Lands
Tribunal.