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HOW WOULD THE ANNUAL RENT OF LAND BE CALCULATED WHERE THERE IS NO RATEABLE VALUE AT PRESENT E.G. AGRICULT-
URAL LAND AND VACANT SITES?
WHAT WOULD BE THE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE EXISTING SHORT- TERM TENANCIES AND TEMPORARY WAIVERS AND THE LAND
LEASES GRANTED BY THE HK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CORPORA-
TION?
WHAT WOULD BE THE TERMS FOR RENEWAL OF LEASES GRANTED UNDER THE CIVIL SERVANTS CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SCHEME
AND GOVERNMENT-BUILT HOUSING SCHEMES?
HOW WOULD LAND OWNERSHIP INSIDE THE KOWLOON WALLED
CITY BE DEALT WITH?
WHETHER THE RIGHTS IN LEASES RUNNING BEYOND 30 JUNE 1997 (MIAINLY 75 YEAR LEASES RENEWABLE FOR 75 YEARS AND 999 YEAR LEASES) WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AND PROTECTED AFTER 2047, AND WHETHER LEGAL REMEDIES WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE IF SUCH LONG LEASES WERE NOT RECOGNIZED AND
PROTECTED AFTER 2047?
WHAT ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMPENSATION IN THE EVENT OF
LAND RESUMPTION WOULD THERE BE?
AS REGARDS LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE
RECOGNITION OF THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE RETENTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE WELCOMED. HOWEVER, RURAL COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS CONSIDERED IT NECESSARY TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL
REQUESTS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF LAND COMMISSION :
IN THE CASE OF OLD SCHEDULED LOTS, VILLAGE LOTS,
SMALL HOUSES AND SIMILAR RURAL HOLDINGS, WHERE THE PROPERTY WAS HELD BY OR GRANTED TO A PERSON DESCENDED THROUGH THE MALE LINE FROM AN INDIGENOUS PERSON, IN ADDITION TO NOT CHANGING THE RENT FOR SUCH A PROPERTY, ALL OTHER EXISTING RIGHTS (E.G. GRANTING OF SMALL HOUSES, EXEMPTION FROM RATE PAYMENT) SHOULD BE
MAINTAINED:
LAND LEASES GRANTED BY THE HK GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THOSE TRANSACTED AMONG THE PEOPLE
TOWARDS THE END OF THE QING DYNASTY. IN THE FORMER CASE, THE LAND SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS IN ANNEX HI WHILE IN THE LATTER, THE
LAND SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY RENT SINCE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS HAD BEEN VESTED IN THE OWNERS
PERMANENTLY: AND
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