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Wednesday, March 29, 1972
On re-entry, Mr. Bray believed there was not much difference of opinion
between himself and the Kuk.
Re-entry was a serious step, seldom taken and only for good cause and
there was also ample provisions for appeal, he explained.
He pointed out that the question of development in layout areas during
the time between the drawing up of a plan and its implementation was more difficult
in theory than in practice.
"If the Kuk is really only concerned with small house development, as
it says it is, we should be able to find a way out by making provision for
village expansion without wrecking major layout plans.
"If we cannot we should consider their proposal to re-site such
an owner outside the layout," he said.
The trouble with schemes designed for small scale development was
that they could be abused, he said.
"They just will not work for large scale development yet land owners
are past masters at getting through policy loopholes and we have to try not to
leave too many, he added.
On more amenities for people living in the New Territories, he said
that everyone in his department would very much like to see more low cost housing,
more schools, more clinics, better water supplies and roads and more clean
beautiful country there.
In the field of housing his department had been among the first to
exploit the hints of the change in policy emerging from the 1970 Housing Board
Report.
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