WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991
20
DUTIES
CONSIDER WHETHER THE
TO
THE
MR SUEN SAID THE BOARD HAD THE RIGHT TO OFFER MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT/SPECIAL RESIDENT WAS FAIR.
"SHOULD
THE BOARD
CONSIDER THE
NOT
IT OFFER
WILL FAIR AND GIVE REASONS FOR
FAIR,
DETERMINE THE AMOUNT THAT IT REGARDS AS THAT DECISION," HE SAID.
OF THE REVIEW BOARD, MR SUEN ON THE COMPOSITION
SAID IT
WHO WAS CHAIRMAN
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COMPRISED A NON-OFFICIAL
A LIST OF 33 SPECIAL COMMITTEE AND AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS DRAWN FROM
THE HONG KONG PEOPLE NOMINATED BY PROFESSIONAL BODIES ACCOUNTANTS, THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS BRANCH) AND THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS.
PUBLICISED
ON OTHER POINTS RAISED BY MR LI +
WAS WIDELY REVIEW BOARD INCEPTION IN 1987.
SOCIETY OF (HONG KONG
MR SUEN SAID THE THROUGH THE MEDIA
ASSESSMENT
SINCE
ITS
SPECIAL
DISTRIBUTED
то
ADDITIONALLY, ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE SET OUT IN A
ARRANGEMENTS
PAMPHLET ON COMPENSATION AND WALLED CITY RESIDENTS.
REHOUSING
SINCE IT CAME
INTO
THE OPERATION,
ASSESSMENT REVIEW BOARD THE ADEQUACY OF GOVERNMENT'S MR SUEN OFFERED
DEALT WITH ONE CASE OF APPEAL AGAINST COMPENSATION OFFER AT THE REQUEST OF A WALLED CITY RESIDENT, SAID, ADDING THAT THE BOARD HAD DECIDED THAT THE COMPENSATION BY THE GOVERNMENT WAS REASONABLE.
MR SUEN ADDED THAT TWO
HAD RECENTLY BEEN APPEAL CASES
AND THAT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD BY RESIDENTS BOARD TO MEET TO CONSIDER THESE APPEALS WERE BEING FINALISED.
LAW REFORM COMMISSION REVIEWING EIGHT TOPICS
THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION HAS COMPLETED 'THE REVIEW OF 11 TOPICS SINCE 1986 AND IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING EIGHT TOPICS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON EMILY LAU, MR MATHEWS SAID THE REVIEW OF TWO FURTHER TOPICS WHICH HAD BEEN REFERRED ΤΟ
THE COMMISSION WOULD RECEIVE ATTENTION AS SOON AS MANPOWER RESOURCES PERMITTED.
MONTHS
HE SAID THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME OF THREE YEARS EIGHT TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW OF A TOPIC, WAS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE.
/THE ATTORNEY