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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974

REPORT ON DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR HANDICAPPED COMPLETED

A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS IN MAKING BUILDINGS AND THE FACILITIES THEY CONTAIN MORE ACCESSIBLE TO DISABLED PEOPLE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND A REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED UITLI THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO HITERESTED PARTIES FOR THEIR CUIMENT.

THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TODAY TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. WILSON WANG THAT THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED LAST DECEMBER AND WAS ISSUED TO VARIOUS P.V.D. OFFICES FOR STUDY.

+THEIR COMMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN RECEIVED AND ARE BEING

CONSIDERED BY THE DIRECTORATE, HE SAID.

MR. MCDONALD ANTICIPATED THAT THE REPORT TOGETHER WITH

THE P.W.D. HEADQUARTERS RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE SENT TO INTERESTED PARTIES WITHIN THE NEXT TUU MEEKS TO OBTAIN THEIR COUNSEL ON BOTH THE REPORT AID THE DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE.

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SIMPLER COMPENSATION PROCEDURES

FOR BUILDINGS AFFECTED BY STREET ALTERATIONS

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A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCEDURES FOR COMPENSAT- ION TO THOSE WHOSE PROPERTIES ARE AFFECTED BY STREET ALTERATION PROJECTS WAS INTRODUCED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TUDAY.

IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE STREETS CALTERATION) CAMENDMENT) BILL 1974, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE PRESENT URDINANCE A TRIBUNAL MAY HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION ONLY AFTER THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED A FORMAL OBJECTION IN RESPECT OF THE STREET ALTERATION AND HAS NEVER- THELESS AUTHORISED THE UNDERTAKING EITHER ! TOTU OR IN RESPECT OF A PART WHEREBY THE OBJECTUR'S INTEREST IS STILL ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

THE TRIBUNAL HAS NO POWER TO HEAR OR DETERMINE A CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF ANY MATTER REGARDING WHICH NO FORMAL OBJECTION TO THE STREET ALTERATION HAS BEEN LODGED.

MR. MCDONALD SAID THE BILL REMOVES THE EXISTING PARADOX WHICH RESTRICTS THE POWER OF THE TRIBUNAL TO HEAR AND DETER- MINE CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION QUILY TO THOSE UNDERTAKINGS AGAINST WHICH OBJECTION HAVE BEEN LODGED.

A PERSON, THEREFORE, WHOSE INTEREST IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY A STREET ALTERATION BUT WHO HAS NO OBJECTION IN PRINCIPLE TO IT WILL THUS BE ABLE TO CLAIM COMPENSATION WHETHER HE HAS LODGED A FORMAL OBJECTION TO THE UNDERTAKING OR NOT, HE ADDED.

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