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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.
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Fourthly - 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