WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,
1992
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"THE AMENDMENT POSITION, SHE SAID.
BILL
ΤΟ IS THEREFORE NECESSARY
RECTIFY
THE
MIDWIVES THE
REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992 AND PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992 TABLED AT THE ALSO SEEK TO RECTIFY SIMILAR POSITIONS.
DEBATES ON THE THREE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.
THE
SAME
TIME
0
ARRANGEMENT FOR CLEARANCE OF RENNIE'S MILL COTTAGE AREA
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ADVISE THE RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE OF THE RENNIE'S MILL COTTAGE AREA OF THE REHOUSING AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG, MR BARNES SAID IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE TO REVEAL THE DETAILS OF THE EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION PACKAGE WHICH WERE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.
MR BARNES SAID RENNIE'S MILL HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED WOULD OFFERED REHOUSING IN A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN TSEUNG KWAN WHICH WAS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.
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"THERE SHOULD THUS BE ADEQUATE TIME FOR REHOUSING BEFORE THE PHYSICAL CLEARANCES WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN MAY AND OCTOBER 1993."
HE SAID REQUESTS FOR REHOUSING ELSEWHERE WOULD ALSO BE ACCOMMODATED SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY AND OTHER COMMITMENTS.
ON COMMERCIAL UNDERTAKINGS AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE, MR BARNES SAID THEY WOULD NOT BE REPROVISIONED, BUT THE OPERATORS, IF ELIGIBLE, WOULD BE PAID EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES.
THE PROBLEMS OF RELOCATING COMMUNITY FACILITIES HAD BEEN UNDER- DISCUSSION WITH THE SPONSORS SINCE 1990 AND HELP WITH REMOVAL OR REPROVISIONING WOULD VARY ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF EACH CASE AND AN EVALUATION BY THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT OF THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY BACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
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"THESE DISCUSSIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE WELL IN HAND, HE SAID.
ON THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOLS AFFECTED, MR BARNES SAID TWO PUBLICLY FUNDED SCHOOLS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TSEUNG KWAN 0 AND A SITE HAD BEEN PROVISIONALLY RESERVED FOR A PRIVATELY FUNDED ONE SUBJECT TO SATISFYING CERTAIN LAND GRANT CONDITIONS.
"THE ALLOWANCES PAYABLE FOR AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES ARE EX-GRATIA AND STANDARDISED, SO THAT THERE IS LITTLE SCOPE FOR APPEAL OVER THE RATES, ALTHOUGH THESE ARE REVISED REGULARLY," BARNES ADDED.
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