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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 618 OF 9 JULY
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INFO F C O (FOR WILLIAMSON HKGD).
MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, TSUEN WAN.
SAI LAU KOK CLEARANCE.
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1. THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ''SAI LAU KOK OWNERS
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PROPERTY PROTECTION'' ACCOMPANIED
BY MRS ELSIE ELLIOT LEFT YESTERDAY FOR LONDON TO APPROACH
MP'S ABOUT EXTRA COMPENSATION FOR SAI LAU KOK BUILDINGS WHICH ARE
DUE TO BE CLEARED BY MID-AUGUST. THESE BUILDINGS STAND ON THE SITE OF THE DEPOT AND TAIL TRACKS IN NORTH TSUEN WAN.
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2. THE SEVEN BUILDINGS WHICH CONTAIN DOMESTIC FLATS, SHOP'S AND
WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN RESUMED AND REVERTED TO THE CROWN IN
NOVEMBER 1978. THE COMPENSATION PAYABLE IS THEREFORE BASED ON
THIS DATE. SINCE THEN THERE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, BEEN RISES IN THE PROPERTY MARKET AND THE MAIN COMPLAINT OF THE OWNERS IS THAT THIS
HAD MADE THE COMPENSATION OFFERED TO THEM INADEQUATE.
3. THE SAI LAU KOK OWNERS PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PROPERTY PROTECTION REPRESENTS ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CLEARANCE AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF THE
POSITION :
A. (1) ON THE DOMESTIC SIDE 258 OUT OF 339 OWNERS HAVE ACCEPTED THE COMPENSATION OFFERED. (FULL MARKET VALUE AT THE DATE OF REVERSION PLUS DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCE PLUS EITHER PUBLIC HOUSING OR
A CAPITALISED INTEREST-FREE LOAN TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN COMPENSATION AND THE COST OF BUYING A NEW FLAT). THE REMAINDER
CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS, A MILITANT GROUP OF 19 AND THE
REMAINDER WHO ARE WAITING TO SEE IF MILITANCY WILL OBTAIN
BETTER TERMS. IT IS THIS GROUP OF 19 WHO HAVE SENT THEIR REPRES-
ENTATIVES TO LONDON.
(11) ALL TENANTS AND OWNER/OCCUPIERS WHO SO WISH HAVE BEEN
OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING. SOME HAVE ALREADY MOVED AND IT IS EXPECTED
THAT THE REMAINDER WILL DO SO. THERE ARE ALSO UNAUTHORISED
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