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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1981
NEW TERRITORIES LAND COMPENSATION INCREASED
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THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED INCREASES IN COMPENSATION FOR LAND RESUMED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
FROM APRIL 1, OWNERS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESUMED WITHIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AREAS WILL BE COMPENSATED AT THE NEW FULL RATE OF $103 PER SQUARE FOOT, INSTEAD OF $89 PER SQUARE FOOT - AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 15 PER CENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE OFFERED TO OWNERS OF RESUMED BUILDING LAND WITHIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AREAS WILL BE AT THE NEW FULL RATE OF $220 PER SQUARE FOOT INSTEAD OF $200 PER SQUARE FOOT AN INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT.
GIVING DETAILS OF THE NEW RATES, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT OF NTA, MR FRANK ROOME, SAID THEY HAD BEEN DRAWN UP IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF CONDUCTING HALF-YEARLY REVIEWS OF NEW TERRITORIES COMPENSATION RATES.
THIS POLICY WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WORKING GROUP ON NEW TERRITORIES URBAN LAND ACQUISITION HEADED BY SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN.
MR ROOME SAID THE NEW RATES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE UP TO SEPTEMBER 30, WHEN A FURTHER REVIEW WOULD BE CARRIED OUT.
HE POINTED OUT THAT, UNDER THE REVISED GOVERNMENT LAND RESUMPTION POLICY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, OWNERS OF RESUMED LAND OUTSIDE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AREAS WOULD BE COMPENSATED AT A PROPORTIONATE PERCENTAGE OF THE NEW FULL RATES, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE LAND RESUMED, AND MORE PARTICULARLY AS DEFINED IN A ZONAL PLAN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE EIGHT DISTRICT OFFICES.
MORE STUDY ROOMS OPEN DURING EXAMINATION PERIOD
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TEMPORARY STUDY ROOMS WILL BE OPENED IN THE EVENING IN: SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30 FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
+THESE STUDY ROOMS WILL PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS LIVING IN CROWDED AND NOISY ENVIRONMENT TO DO THE IR HOMEWORK AND PRIVATE STUDY, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
A TOTAL OF 6 400 PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED IN 64 STUDY ROOM CENTRES, HE SAID.
STUDY ROOM FACILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 6 PM TO 9 PM EACH EVENING FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, AND THESE WILL BE STRICTLY FOR THE USE OF SECONDARY STUDENTS,
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