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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994
SMALL HOUSE POLICY EXPLAINED
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GRANT, AN UNDER THE SMALL HOUSE POLICY, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A
DESCENDED THROUGH APPLICANT MUST BE MALE, AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AND THE MALE LINE FROM A RESIDENT IN 1898 OF A RECOGNISED VILLAGE IN NEW TERRITORIES.
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ENVIRONMENT THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM ANNA WU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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MR BASON SAID IF AN INDIGENOUS VILLAGER WHO WAS BUT HAD NOT RECEIVED A SMALL HOUSE GRANT HAD DISAPPEARED, OR DIED,
ANY REASON, TO HOLD PROPERTY FOR WAS CONSIDERED UNSUITABLE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER MIGHT REGARD HIS WIFE OR WIDOW AS ELIGIBLE A SMALL HOUSE GRANT.
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"SO FAR, THERE IS NO RECORD OF ANY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY WIVES OR WIDOWS OF INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS OR INDEED WOMEN, MR EASON SAID.
DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 1, 1991 AND DECEMBER 31, SMALL 13,033 SMALL HOUSE APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND 1,672 GRANTS WERE EXECUTED, ALL IN RESPECT OF MALE INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS.
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HAD BEEN SINCE JUNE 8, 1991, 848 REGISTRATIONS OF SUCCESSION MADE WITH DISTRICT OFFICES UNDER THE NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE. BUT ONE OF THE REGISTERED SUCCESSORS ARE MALE.
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ADEQUATE POLICE RESOURCES TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY
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PARTICIPATING IN SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR
ADEQUATE POLICE RESOURCES WILL BE DEPLOYED TO PREVENT OF THE PEACE AND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL THOSE THE THREE-TIER ELECTIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR ASPREY, SAID.
ELECTION THE POLICE WILL LIAISE CLOSELY WITH THE BOUNDARY AND
ORGANISATION COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED IN THE PLANNING AND
GENERAL POLICE DEPLOYMENT OF THE ELECTIONS TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF REQUIRED, HE SAID.
MR ASPREY SAID
POLICE COMMANDERS WOULD AT DISTRICT LEVEL,
AS RETURNING MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH DISTRICT OFFICERS WHO ACT
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OFFICERS ON ANY PARTICULAR LOCAL PROBLEMS CONFLICT.
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KA-CHEUNG WOULD
A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ERIC LI THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY STRESSED THAT THE POLICE
INDIVIDUAL POLLING TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES AT STATIONS AND WOULD ARRANGE SUFFICIENT MANPOWER TO BE DEPLOYED.
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