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Control and prosecution of works.
Persons entitled to participate in scheme.
No. 17 of 1921. PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION.
(5) Except as in this Ordinance provided, no person whatsoever shall be entitled to any reduction of Crown rent, or to any damages or compensation whatsoever, in respect of any depreciation or injurious affecting of his property or business resulting directly or indirectly from the carrying out of any of the authorised works.
(6) The powers conferred by this Ordinance shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers possessed by the Governor, or Governor in Council, or any public officer.
3. (1) The Governor shall decide from what sources the materials required in carrying out the said reclamation are to be obtained, and shall have full control over the execution of all the authorised works and over all persons employed in connection therewith, and may appoint such persons as he may think fit to execute such works, and may determine the remuneration and conditions of employment of such persons.
(2) The carrying out of the said reclamation when begun shall as far as may be practicable be proceeded with continuously until all the works in connection therewith shall have been completed, and the financial embarrassment of any of, or of all, the parties concerned shall not be considered by the Governor as a reason for delaying or in any way interfering with the progress of the whole or any portion of the said works.
(3) In carrying out the said reclamation, it shall be lawful for the Governor to deviate in respect of details to any extent that shall not materially alter or affect the general design set forth in the said plan.
4. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), and to the rights of the Government of Hongkong, the only persons entitled to participate in the reclamation scheme herein set forth shall be the following persons :-
(a) those persons who are registered in the Land Office at the commencement of this Ordinance as the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of such portions of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East as themselves abut on that street: Provided that the persons who are so registered, and
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.