TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1994
EXPERTS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES
EXPERTS
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FROM BOTH THE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE GROUP HAD INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS TODAY
JOINT LIAISON EXCHANGE VIEWS ON VARIOUS IMMIGRATION ISSUES.
SIDES OF
(TUESDAY)
THE ΤΟ
MING-YIN, WHO
THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR LAURENCE LEUNG LED THE BRITISH TEAM STATED THAT THEY HAD A VERY USEFUL COVERING A WHOLE RANGE OF VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECTS SUCH AS ABODE, VISA ABOLITION AGREEMENT, REGION TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
MEETING RIGHT OF
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
A PRODUCTIVE
AND
"THE MEETING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED IN CONSTRUCTIVE ATMOSPHERE. IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF 11 MR LEUNG MEETINGS AND WE HOPE TO ARRANGE THE NEXT MEETING SHORTLY, SAID.
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TO KWA WAN REDEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE BEGINS TOMORROW
"SIX
HOUSING SOCIETY'S PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 8.30 AM
CLEARANCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE HONG KONG STREETS" REDEVELOPMENT
TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE PROJECT INVOLVES 118 FOUR TO NINE-STOREY POST-WAR BUILDINGS STREET, IN MA TAU KOK ROAD, PAK TAI STREET, SAN SHAN ROAD, PAU CHUNG WANG CHEUNG STREET AND SUI LUN STREET.
THE
MOST OF THEM WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1950'S. ABOUT 1,600 DOMESTIC HOUSEHOLDS AND 180 COMMERCIAL OPERATORS ARE AFFECTED. TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AFFECTED IS ABOUT 3,500.
KONG
SOME OF THE PREMISES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE HONG HOUSING SOCIETY THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS WHILE THE REST HAVE BEEN RESUMED BY THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE ON OCTOBER 3, 1992.
THE SOCIETY HAS SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED 22 SHOPS AND 70 DOMESTIC UNITS AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS RESUMED 92 SHOPS AND 338 DOMESTIC UNITS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS PAID ABOUT $26.1 MILLION EX-GRATIA REMOVAL ALLOWANCE TO DOMESTIC HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMERCIAL OPERATORS, AND $42 MILLION STATUTORY COMPENSATION TO COMMERCIAL OPERATORS.
COMMERCIAL OPERATORS ARE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR ANY REASONABLE
OR LOSS SUFFERED AND EXPENSES INCURRED DUE TO THE CLOSURE RELOCATION OF BUSINESS.
THESE MAY INCLUDE LOSS OF GOODWILL, PROFIT RENT AND TEMPORARY BUSINESS PROFIT; LOSS ON FORCED SALE OF PLANT, MACHINERY AND STOCK, COSTS INCURRED FOR REMOVAL, DOUBLE OVERHEADS, AND REDUNDANCY TO EMPLOYEES.
PAYMENTS
/THE ACTUAL