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Wednesday, March 29, 1972
REVISION OF LAND POLICY IN NEW TERRITORIES
Measures Being Formulated In Detail
The District Commissioner for the New Territories, the Hon. D.C. Bray,
said today that separate measures are being formulated in detail to revise
Government's land policy in the New Territories.
The measures relate to rules and procedures for building small houses;
to the amount of compensation paid on resumption of agricultural land for
public purposes; to the question of re-entry of land for breach of lease
conditions; and to restrictions on development in layout areas where plans
for development exist but where no development work is proceeding.
Mr. Bray was speaking in the Legislative Council when debate on the
Budget was resumed.
He explained that the Heung Yee Kuk last summer had raised four points
of land policy which had been under discussion during recent months.
"I must say I found our own rules and procedures on the building of
small houses were still rather restrictive," he said.
Two sorts of control were involved; the first being controls on
siting and location and the second being plans of the buildings themselves,
he explained.
The controls on siting involved some sort of crude planning, which
was very difficult if you were trying to do it without accompanying the planning
with infrastructure works, he added.
/He said