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that the basis of determination should
be clear to all parties concerned.
If
a cash compensation offer was to be
made, it must be made quickly and it
would be unacceptable if the payment
was delayed by difficulties over
determination or controversy over the
amount.
3.1.4 It must, as far as possible, be capable
of rational explanation to the public at
large The present system was not well
understood outside the Government and
the New Territories, and the lack of
understanding had contributed in the
past to a lack of sympathy by the general
public for those affected. It was
recognised that the devising of a system
which would be fully understood by
everyone would be difficult, but the
Working Group had to accept that
intelligibility was one of the standards
by which its recommendations would be
judged.
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