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MEMORANDUM FOR EXÉCUTIVE COUNCIL
LAW REVISION (REPEALS) BILL 1981
The Law Revision (Repeals) Bill 1981 is annexed for the
consideration of Members. The Bill repeals two Ordinances, which are no longer necessary.
Chinese Recreation Ground and the Yau Ma
Tei Public Square Ordinance (Chapter 323)
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The Ordinance, which was enacted in 1960, was made necessary by the repeal of legislation which designated the Chinese Recreation Ground, Hollywood Road, Hong Kong, and the Yau Ma Tei Public Square, Kowloon, as recreation grounds, and also provided for their administration. Neither of these grounds had been properly described as a recreation ground; they and the structures erected thereon were in fact occupied largely by traders and hawkers under leases granted on behalf of the Crown. Since it was not desired to change the status of these two pieces of land pending a decision as to their future use, it was considered that they should be the subject of this ad hoc Ordinance. The Ordinance provided, inter alia, for a Committee to manage the two pieces of land and the revenue from them.
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Both pieces of land have now been resumed for re-develop- ment and all assets have been disposed of. The Committee (consisting of the Secretary for Home Affairs and the Chinese members, for the time being, of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council) have resolved that as they are now functus officio, the Attorney General be asked by the Secretary for Home Affairs, the Chairman, to repeal the Ordinance, This is provided for by item 1 of the Schedule to the Bill.
Holts Wharf (By-laws) Ordinance (Chapter 1022)
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Holts Wharf was in the east Tsim Sha Tsui area which is now occupied by new hotels and other buildings. The character of the area has completely altered. The property changed hands in 1971 and the past and present owners agree that the legislation, which is now an anachronism, is not required and should be repealed. Item 2 of the Schedule to the Bill provides for this.
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