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Friday, January 18, 1974
DON'T GAMBLE ON ILLEGAL HUTS PUBLIC WARNED
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The Housing Department today again advised members of the public
to exercise great care and caution with offers of sales of aquatter type
structures, particularly when these offers are coupled with promises of
re-accommodation by the department at some later time.
A spokesman for the department pointed out that it was illegal to
occupy Crown land without proper permission and any structure built in
this way was illegal and subject to demolition.
"If the occupants of unleased land fail to comply with a notice
to quit, they are liable to a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment of six
months," he said,
The spokesman also warned that it was against the law to erect
or place anything on leased or licensed land without lawful authority.
"In such a case, the lessee or licensee on failing to comply with
a notice to demolish the illegal structure built on the land runs the risk
of having the property on the land confiscated. He may also be liable to
the costs for or arising out of the demolition."
Recently racketeers had been active at the Hong Ning Road area
The of Kwun Tong purporting to sell huts built illegally on Crown land.
spokesman warned that anyone who fails to hood the advice would lose his
money paid to racketeers trading in the sale of illegal huts.
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