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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1978
+ IF WE SIMPLY RESITE SQUATTER FACTORIES, HOW CAN WE THEN PREVENT OTHER FACTORIES FROM JOINING THEM AND ALL THE CONGLOMERATION OF SQUATTER STRUCTURES THAT WOULD GO WITH THIS KIND OF UNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT? I REPEAT, SURELY WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS?+
MR. AKERS-JONES POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS DEVELOPING NOT SIMPLY THREE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, BUT 11 TOWNS ALL AT ONCE.
+OF COURSE, THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE NEW TOWNS IS MORE SPECTACULAR BUT DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE OTHER TOWNS ARE, IN THEIR WAY, NO LESS IMPORTANT, HE ADDED.
IT WAS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HE SAID, THAT THE UNOFFICIALS' SUGGESTION TO MAKE MORE USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND HAD TO BE EXAMINED.
MR. AKERS-JONES ALSO WARNED HOLDERS OF OLD LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO CANCEL THE PRIORITY RIGHTS THEIR ENTITLEMENTS NORMALLY RECEIVE UNLESS THEY TAKE UP THE IR OPTION WHEN LAND BECOMES AVAILABLE.
HE SAID AT THE MOMENT, TOO MANY OWNERS WERE HOLDING ON TO THE IR EXCHANGE LETTERS AND WERE NOT PRESENTING THEM WHEN LAND IS ADVERTISED FOR EXCHANGE.
IT SHOULD BE THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE TO EXTINGUISH ALL EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS - LETTER BOUTSTANDING AT THE END OF MARCH THIS YEAR, BY THE END OF MARCH, 1981.
+I SAY THEORETICALLY BECAUSE, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, TOO MANY EXCHANGE OWNERS ARE HOLDING ON TO THE IR EXCHANGE LETTERS, AND ARE NOT PRESENTING THEM FOR EXCHANGE WHEN LAND IS ADVERTIŠED FOR EXCHANGE, HE SAID.
+1 HAVE TO ADVISE THESE OWNERS THAT UNLESS THEY TAKE UP THE OPTION WHEN AN EXCHANGE IS AVAILABLE, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO CANCEL THE PRIORITY THESE OLD EXCHANGE RIGHTS NORMALLY ATTRACT UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF CALCULATION.
HE NOTED THAT THE PRINCIPAL FINDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE SET UP TO EXAMINE THE QUESTION OF COMPENSATION FOR LAND RESUMED IN TOWN BOUNDARIES HAD BEEN ACCEPTED AND IMPLEMENTED.
HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAD NOW APPROVED PROPOSALS REGARDING COMPENSATION FOR LAND OUTSIDE THE TOWN BOUNDARIES AND HE WOULD SHORTLY BE DISCUSSING THESE WITH THE HEUNG YEE KUK.
ON THE SEVEN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
*THE BOARDS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND HAVE GIVEN ADVICE AS TO HOW FUNDS, AMOUNTING TO $3.7 MILLION, SHOULD BE SPENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND
IMPROVEMENT AND RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.
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