WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1993
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THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY BEEN REASSURED THAT THE UNHCR REMAINED COMMITTED TO HONOURING THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RAISE FUNDS TO REPAY THE AMOUNT.
OUTSTANDING
IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANT PROBLEM WILL COST THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT $1 BILLION.
THE EXPENDITURE, IN COMMON WITH ALL SUCH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, IS CLOSELY MONITORED, MR ASPREY SAID.
THE UNHCR ESTIMATED THAT THEIR
ACTUAL EXPENDITURE ON THE
MIGRANTS IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR WILL BE $226 MILLION.
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MOST COMPENSATION CASES RESOLVED FOR KOWLOON WALLED CITY
OF THE 14,639 COMPENSATION OFFERS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY CLEARANCE, ONLY 123 HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM KUI- SHING, MR EASON SAID: "IN 32 OF THE UNRESOLVED CASES, GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OF COMPENSATION HAD NOT BEEN ACCEPTED AND NO REVIEW OF THE OFFER HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR.
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"IN 67 CASES, CLAIMS FOR HIGHER COMPENSATION WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS OR APPEALS AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OF COMPENSATION BEEN SUBMITTED AND WERE BEING REVIEWED.
"IN THE REMAINING 24 CASES, ALTHOUGH THE RESULTS OF APPEALS AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OF COMPENSATION WERE KNOWN, YET THE DECISION HAD NOT BEEN ACCEPTED AND, THE COMPENSATION NOT COLLECTED," HE SAID.
MR EASON SAID IN ALL CASES WHERE DOCUMENTS HAD BEEN A FINAL OFFER WAS EXPECTED TO BE MADE BY MARCH 31 NEXT YEAR.
SUBMITTED,
"ANY REMAINING APPEALS SHOULD BE DECIDED BY MARCH 31, 1995, BUT THE EXACT TIMING WILL DEPEND ON HOW MANY APPEALS ARE LODGED.
THE TO BE
"THERE IS A TIME LIMIT OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE WHEN AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION IS FINALLY DETERMINED FOR COMPENSATION COLLECTED, HE SAID.
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