WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988
THE
BILL, AND REQUESTED
IN VIEW OF THIS, THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAD PUT FORTH ITS THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP STUDYING DEFINITION BE AMENDED.
VIEWS TO
THAT THE
SATISFACTORY HOWEVER, NO
RESOLUTION HAD SO FAR BEEN MADE
LAND SURVEY BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT INSISTED THAT THE
WHICH ON BASED WAS BLOCK LEASE WAS
EXTENSIVE AND
ENOUGH COMPREHENSIVE INCLUDE ALL THE ESTABLISHED VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE то
LEASE IS WHICH LEASED TO THEIR
BLOCK "IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO POINT OUT THAT THE ONLY A UNILATERAL LEASEHOLD AGREEMENT MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT BY ALL RESUMED PRIVATE LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS ORIGINAL OWNERS," HE SAID.
HE SAID THE BLOCK LEASE WAS ONLY ONE OF THE MIGHT BE USED AS EVIDENCE ΤΟ PROVE THE STATUS OF VILLAGE AND SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS A COMPREHENSIVE VILLAGES, NOR COULD IT BE TAKEN AS THE ONLY THE STATUS OF AN ESTABLISHED VILLAGE.
DOCUMENTS THAT
AN ESTABLISHED LIST OF THESE VALIDATING
FOR EVIDENCE
THAT THE BILL
WOULD
FACT HE SAID HE WAS AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS ON OTHER RELATED ISSUES AND THAT THE PASSAGE OF THE SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED ANY FURTHER.
HAVE
BILL
"HOWEVER, I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ESTABLISHED VILLAGE' IN THE NEAR FUTURE,' HE SAID, ADDING
HE SAID,
THAT IT WAS ON UNDERSTANDING THAT HE SUPPORTED THE BILL.
"
BY
THIS
INDIGENEOUS VILLAGERS
MR LAU ALSO EXPLAINED WHY LAND HELD OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE ALLOWED TO ENJOY RENT CONCESSION AFTER 1997.
THE MAJOR REASON WAS THAT THE FORM OF OWNERSHIP OF LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DIFFERED GREATLY FROM THAT TO THE SOUTH OF BOUNDARY STREET.
BEFORE THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS LEASED TO BRITAIN IN 1898, ALL
ESTATE PRIVATE LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS HELD AS FREEHOLD NO EXPIRY DATE ON THEIR TENURE.
WITH
AFTER THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS LEASED TO BRITAIN TENURE OF THESE LEASES WOULD EXPIRE BEFORE JUNE 30, 1997.
IN
1898,
THE
ΤΟ
SINCE THE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD REVERT
PRIVATE LAND IN THE CHINA IN 1997, THE TENURE OF
NEW TERRITORIES SHOULD BE REINSTATED TO THE PRE-1898 CONDITIONS AS WELL.
THE IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, THE CHINESE AND GOVERNMENTS AGREED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION THAT LAND HELD BY A PERSON WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF AN ESTABLISHED VILLAGE IN 1898 OR A LAWFUL SUCCESSOR OF THAT PERSON IN THE MALE LINE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE ANNUAL RENT.
BRITISH
HONG
KONG
IN
SHOULD
BE
MR LAU