1. APART FROM THE VARIOUS ALLOWANCES, BONA VIDE OWNER/
OCCUPS (AND TENANTS) WHO DO NOT WISH TO DUY NEW FLATS ARE
IGIBLE FOR PH UNLESS THEY ARE LIVING IN ILLEGAL ROOFTOP PENTHOUSES, IN WHICH CASE, UNDER HOUSING FOLICY, THEY WILL BE REHOUSED IN
TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.
J. THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER BEEN 'ORDERED' BY
THE GOVERNMENT TO CEASE SUPPLY OF FLUSHING WATER FOR WATER-CLOSETS.
K. THE PRESENCE OF POLICE IN SAI LAI KOK IS TO MAINTAIN LAW AND
ORDER AND PROTECT THE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE RATHER THAN TO
SCRUTINIZE THE OWNERS. THIS IS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT
AND THE VACANT PREMISES MIGHT DE ABUSED BY TRESPASSERS.
THE POLICE ARE NOT PRESENT DURING MEASUREMENT OF SHOPS AND FLATS
UNLESS THE SURVEYING WORK IS BEING INTERRUPTED BY PEOPLE UNCONNECTED
WITH THE SHOPS/FLATS BEING SURVEYED. IN SUCH CASES THEY ARE
THERE IN SMALL NUMBERS TO PREVENT A BREACH OF THE PEACE.
L. THE LAND AND THE BUILDINGS STANDING REVERTED ON 12.11.78 TO THE CROWN. FROM THAT DATE ONWARDS, AS IN ALL SUCH CASES, THE TENANTS ARE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PAY RENT TO THEIR LANDLORDS.
ABSENTEE OWNERS WHO HAVE NOT YET SETTLED THEIR COMPENSATION TERMS
WITH THE GOVERNMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR INTEREST COMPARABLE TO
THE MARKET INTEREST RATE FROM THE REVERSION DATE TO THE DATE THEY
SIGN AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE CASH COMPENSATION. IN MOST CASES AT
SAI LAU KOK, THE INTEREST THE OWNERS GET IS HIGHER THAN THE
RENT THEY WOULD HAVE COT FROM THEIR TENANTS FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
M. THE NECESSARY PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE STREETS WITHIN THE
RESUMED AREA WAS GAZETTED ON 27.4.79 BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR UNDER SECTION 10(1)(A) AND (B) OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDIHANCE. THIS ORDER ALLOWS CLOSURE, BUT THE STREETS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CLOSED. HAD THEY BEEN CLOSED, ANY PERSON WHOSE INTEREST IS AFFECTED BY THIS CLOSURE IS ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION AND MAY SUBMIT A CLAIM TO
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF
CLOSURE.
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N. THE ISSUE OF LICENCES IS ALWAYS DEALT WITH DY THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR NORMAL PROCEDURES AND NO
DISCRIMINATION EX.STS.
MACLEHOSE
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