any interest in the increased value of land which they
occupy otherwise than by right of purchase in the open
market. Since any new Service Department requirement
for land is met free of charge the only reasonable basis
for assessing compensation is the degree of re-provisioning
of accommodation actually required.
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In essence what it amounts to is that the Hong Kong
Government would be prepared to re-provide accommodation
where necessary, to an agreed scale based on user and
not on the value of the land, and where such re-provisioning
was not necessary they would pay compensation only on the
cost of improvement and not on current land values..
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