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what circumstances, and if so, how much. My intention is to
set up an expert group, with participation also from the
non-Government sector, to deliberate on the issues
concerned as a part of the consultation process in the full
review of the Town Planning Ordinance. We should not
however delay the present bill on that account, as I do not
see this discussion reaching an early conclusion. Members
may wish to note also that although compensation is provided
for in the United Kingdom Town and Country Planning Act of
1971, the right to compensation is materially circumscribed
by a long list of exclusions. In practice people very
seldom get it.
12.
Fourthly
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although it may be sufficiently
obvious to many Members the need for Interim Development
Permission Areas has been questioned.
Sir, governments
normally introduce legislation deemed to anticipate the date
of enactment when they foresee that publication and
discussion of the legislation will itself encourage the very
action which the legislation is intended to control. This
is fairly common in tax law in other countries and we have a
precedent in Hong Kong of a building moratorium in the
Pokfulam and in Mid Levels under the Temporary Restriction
on Building Development (Pokfulam and Mid Levels) Ordinance
1973 which gave coverage to the Building Authority in