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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1981
MTR RAILWAY AREA PLAN OPEN TO INSPECTI
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THE RAILWAY AREA PLAN FOR THE ISLAND LINE OF THE MASS TRANS RAILWAY BETWEEN VICTORIA PARK AND SHAU KEI WAN HAS BEEN DEPOSIT.. BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE LAND OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE.
THE PLAN SHOWS THE AREAS IN WHICH LAND MAY BE RESUMED OR EASEMENTS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING AND RUNNING THE RAILWAY. PROPERTIES WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED ARE INDICATED ON THE PLAN. OWNERS OF LAND AND PROPERTIES ACTUALLY AFFECTED BY THE RAILWAY MAY CLAIM COMPENSATION.
COPIES OF THE PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED FREE OF CHARGE DURING OFFICE HOURS AT THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) EN JIRY SUB-OFFICE, CGO, WEST WING, G/F PWD HEADQUARTERS, MURRAY BUILDING, 19/F, GARDEN ROAD- OR AT ANY CITY DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE PLAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND LINE, THE SECTION FROM SHAU KE! WAN TO CHAI WAN, IS UNDER PREPARATION, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. RAILWAY AREA PLANS FOR THE SECTIONS BETWEEN SHEUNG WAN AND VICTORIA PARK AND AT TAI KOO SHING HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRODUCED.
THE ISLAND LINE PROPOSAL, RUNNING INITIALLY FROM WESTERN MARKET TO CHAI WAN, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNDERGAVUND SECTION OF THE RAILWAY WILL BE BY BORED TUNNEL, WITH STATION CONCOURSES LOCATED IN ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT SITES, THUS MINIMISING DISRUPTION OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THE ALIGNMENT OF THE RAILWAY AND THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS CONNECTED WITH IT HAVE, AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM AND THE TSUEN WAN EXTENSION, BEEN CHOSEN WITH GREAT CARE SO THAT THE EFFECT ON PROPERTIES IS LIMITED.
IT IS THE INTENTION THAT, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THE OWNERS OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDEVELOP THE IR PROPERTIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME, SO THAT NOT ALL THE AFFECTED SITES WILL NEED TO BE RESUMED.
OCCUPIERS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED FOR RAILWAY PURPOSES WILL, WHERE ELIGIBLE, BE OFFERED ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
AS WELL AS GIVING THE GOVERNOR THE POWER TO ORDER RESUMPTIONS OR CREATION OF EASEMENTS, THE MTR (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE ALSO EMPOWERS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO REQUIRE THE OWNER OF ANY BUILDING IN THE RAILWAY AREA TO REMOVE ANY OBJECT OR STRUCTURE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO, OR PROJECTS FROM, THE BUILDING IF HE CONSIDERS ITS REMOVAL IS NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING THE RAILWAY.
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