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Wednesday, May 9, 1973
FLYOVER COMPENSATION BEING INVESTIGATED
An investigation is being made to determine the extent of reductions
in rent levels along Ching Fung Street in North Point as a result of the
newly-completed flyover in the area, the Director of Public Works, the Hon.
J.J. Robson, said today.
"Quite a lot of research has been done and it is hoped to start
negotiations with the owners about the middle of this year," he told the
Legislative Council.
He was replying to a question by the Hon. Szeto Wai who asked for
the reasons behind the "long delay" in the settlement of compensation to the
property owners whose premises had been adversely affected by the routing of
the flyover.
Mr. Robson said $11,000 compensation had been paid to each of the
owners of Nos. 10, 12, 18 and 20 Ching Fung Street for the removal of their
balconies to allow for the construction of the flyover.
He added, however, that there could still be outstanding claims
for "injurious affection" to the premises themselves caused by the operations
of the flyover.
The owners, he said, were informed that this compensation could not
be assessed until the flyover had been in use for some time.
Mr. Robson advised those owners who were in doubt about their legal
rights to get in touch with the Public Works Department. Some owners, he
added, had already done so and were aware of the situation,
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