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per sq. ft. if the cultivator has been working the land since before the Japanese occupation in 1941 and 10 a sq. ft. for land that has been opened up between then and October 1954. No compensation at all is payable for land opened up after this date. Disturbance allowance is determined after the cultivator has been interviewed at the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. Crop compensation and any other compensation for private land under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance is paid before the land is finally cleared.
(c) Clearance during the Year
35. As has already been mentioned, much of the clearance effort this year has been concentrated on making available new land for resettlement estates, viz. the future Tin Wan, Yau Tong, Tsz Wan Shan, Ham Tin and Kwai Chung Estates. About 249.33 acres were cleared involving the clearance and resettlement of 22,584 people.
36. Expansion of the low cost housing programme was still in full swing and 1.48 acres of land were cleared of 2,249 squatters for the low cost housing project at Wong Tai Sin Area 'C-Eastern Section. 9.79 acres were also cleared of 2,439 people for other housing schemes. 37. Nearly 17.77 acres were cleared to provide sites for 9 new schools, namely:
Wan Chai Government Primary School;
Church and School Site, Argyle Street;
Tai Hang Tung Salvation Army School Extension;
Proposed Secondary School at Ma Tau Chung;
Proposed School Site at Cliff Road;
Catholic Mission School, Fuk Wah Village;
Chai Wan Comprehensive School;
Oriental and Missionary Society Clinic School and Church, Tai Hang
T'ung;
Catholic Mission School Extension at Kwong Lee Road.
38. Altogether, 163.46 acres of land were cleared to provide for road widening and various drainage schemes, 1.81 acres for public buildings and 418.21 acres for land sales, some by private treaty but mainly by auction.
39. 2,286 people were cleared and resettled from land not required for development. These people were mainly fire or natural disaster victims for whom resites were not readily available or were pavement squatters on existing roads. Several factories were also cleared on Hong Kong Island and reprovisioned in the Chai Wan Resettlement Factory. 40. A start had been made last year on resettling boat squatters from typhoon anchorages in the Colony in order to provide more space
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