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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1992
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"THESE PERMITS RESTRICT SUCH PILING TO THREE, FIVE OR 12 OF OPERATION DEPENDING ON THE PROXIMITY OF NOISE SENSITIVE RECEIVERS, SUCH AS DOMESTIC PREMISES AND SCHOOLS.
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"IN BUILT-UP URBAN AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, PERCUSSIVE PILING RESTRICTED TO THREE HOURS DURING THE LESS SENSITIVE PERIODS OF THE DAY, NAMELY BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9 AM, BETWEEN 12.30 PM AND 1.30 PM AND BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM, THE SECRETARY SAID.
LAST YEAR, 19 COMPLAINTS OF NOISE POLLUTION CAUSED BY PILING WORKS WERE RECEIVED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.
"OF THESE, FOUR WERE DEALT WITH BY THE POLICE, AND 15 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, MR EASON SAID.
SIX SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS WERE BROUGHT AGAINST
CONTRACTORS
FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PERMIT CONDITIONS.
AND
THE REMAINING 13 CASES WERE THE SUBJECT OF VERBAL WARNINGS THE CONTRACTORS TOOK IMMEDIATE STEPS TO REMEDY THE BREACH OF THE PERMITS.
IN ADDITION, 478 CONSTRUCTION NOISE PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR PERCUSSIVE PILING ACTIVITIES LAST YEAR.
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LDC OFFERS MARKET PRICES TO AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS
THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC) OFFERS NO LESS THAN CURRENT MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY INTERESTS TO OWNERS AFFECTED WING LOK STREET/QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE YEUNG SUM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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MR EASON SAID THE OFFERS, CONFIRMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS, WERE BASED ON VALUATIONS MADE BY AN INDEPENDENT FIRM OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS AND SUPPORTED BY A SECOND OPINION OBTAINED FROM A DIFFERENT FIRM, PLUS AN ADDED AMOUNT FOR INCENTIVES.
HE SAID 30 OUT OF THE ORIGINAL 66 INTERESTS REMAINED ΤΟ BE ACQUIRED AFTER ALMOST THREE YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS.
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**SOME OWNERS SIMPLY REFUSED TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH LDC,
SOME COUNTER-DEMANDED EXCESSIVE PRICES AND SOME HAD TITLE PROBLEMS," THE SECRETARY SAID.
HE SAID THE LDC ALSO INVITED THE OWNERS TO FIND THEIR OWN VALUERS TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES, WITH PROFESSIONAL FEES TO BE COVERED BY THE EVENTUAL PURCHASE AMOUNT, BUT THIS CAME TO NO AVAIL.
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