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on the recent operation in- he offloading and salvage of the Tarpenbek".
ebbit: My Department will be this successful operation, in o cargo oil escaped and only oil pollution light bunker
at sea, where it was readily 1. A full report will be compiled, es of the report will be placed Library when it is issued.
FOREIGN AND MMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Immigration
Ir. Sever asked the Lord Privy he will list the current number ple awaiting admission into the Kingdom from India, Pakistan ngladesh as dependants, children les and females intending to marry settled in the United Kingdom, ively.
Luce: The numbers of people applications for entry clearance utstanding at the end of May are
OWS:
Pakistan
3,419 5,676
772
1,526 46
Blaker: No.
Bangladesh
4,307 9,500
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Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal re are any plans to introduce a Kong register of shipping; and if received any communication from Tational Union of Seamen concern- by proposals.
Blaker: Hong Kong is a British of registry. There are no plans at nt to introduce a separate Hong register and no communication the National Union of Seamen con- been ing such a proposal has ived.
Ir. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal ther he considers that the inability of Hong Kong Government to issue -1997 leases in the New Territories is- sing a crisis in investors' confidence ;- if Her Majesty's Government have plans to remedy the situation.
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Mr. Blaker: Investment decisions at influenced by many factors but is clear that most investors take a positive view of the prospects in Hong Kong."
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will consider a political appointee as the next governor of Hong Kong.
Mr. Blaker: All qualified candidates will be considered.
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal when he will announce the name of the next governor of Hong Kong.
Mr. Blaker: An announcement on this subject will be made in good time.
Governor of Gibraltar
Mr. McQuarrie asked the Lord Privy Scal whether the interview granted to the editor of a Gibraltarian newspaper by Sir William Jackson, present governor of Gibraltar, was made with his approval; and whether the fact that the governor made political comments on the Gibraltar- Spanish situation is a change from the practice of previous governors.
Sir Ian Gilmour: The governor has accorded long background interviews to a This number of Gibraltar newspapers. procedure has my general approval. The contents of the interviews are not, and in the nature of things could not be, cleared in advance.
Sai Lau Kok
Mr. Parry asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the present level of compensation being offered per square foot for (a) shops, (b) other businesses and (c) flats being currently offered to tenants of Sai Lau Kok in Hong Kong; and how these levels compare with market prices for similar properties, bearing in mind the enhanced values that obtain by close proximity to the proposed mass transit railway station.
Mr. Blaker: Statutory compensation is based on open market values at the time when the property in question is resumed by the Crown. Depending on the size, location and other facilities of the pro- perties, compensation at the date of rever-
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November .1978 was as
sion follows,
Commercial Prémises
Between HK$850 and HK$1,100 per square foot. Comparable properties in the area were then selling at about HK$800 per square foot.
Flats
Between HS$400 and HK$450 per square foot. Similar flats in buildings without lifts were being sold at similar rates.
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Mr. Canavan asked the Lord Privy Seal representations have been received from Peking or the Chinese Embassy in Lon- don concerning the expropriation of prop- erty at Sai Lau Kok, Tsuen Wan in Hong Kong.
Mr. Blaker: No.
Mr. Canavan asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report the company or companies involved in the private development of the mass tran- sit railway depot site proposed at Sai Lau Kok, Hong Kong, their authorised and paid up capital, the officers and principal shareholders and which of these officers or shareholders, if any, are members of (a) the Lands Tribunal, (b) the Advisory Committee on Transport or (c) any other committee that advises on or is consulted over the route and planning of finance of the mass transit railway operations in the New Territories.
Mr. Blaker: The area of land known as Sai Lau Kok is required for the con- struction of Tsuen Wan station, the main line, associated lines and some highway works. The private development planned is to the east of this area.
The companies currently involved in this development are the Sun Company Limited and the Kiu Kwong Investment Corporation Limited. The involvement of Jardine Matheson and Company Limited and the Hong Kong Land Company Limited has been agreed but not yet finalised. The details requested are con- tained in public documents available in Hong Kong. Copies will be placed in the Library of the House when available. However, none of the officers or principal shareholders is a member of the Lands Tribunal or of the Transport Advisory Committee.
Details of the companies are as follows:,