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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1974
PERMANENT LANDS TRIBUNAL RECEIVES SUPPORT
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THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG TODAY SUPPORTED THE SETTING UP OF A PERMANENT LANDS TRIBUNAL STAFFED WITH A PERMANENT PRESIDENT AND SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO ITS EXERCISE WITH +A QUIET CONFIDENCE.+
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL BILL 1974, MR. CHEUNG SAID THAT IN HIS CAPACITY AS A LAWYER, HE WELCOMED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DIFFERENT RULES OF PRECEDURE UNDER WHICH THE OLD TRIBUNALS WORKED WITH ONE UNIFORM SET OF RULES OF PROCEDURE.
UNDER THE BILL, THE NEW LANDS TRIBUNAL WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE VARIEGATE BOARDS AND TRIBUNALS WHICH HAVE ARBITRATED UPON COMPENSATION DUE TO THE SUBJECT FOR THE RESUMPTION OF LAND AND VARIOUS CURTAILMENT OF HIS RIGHTS.
MR. CHEUNG ALSO SPOKE ON THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1974.
HE REFERRED TO A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY THE UMELCO OFFICE THAT COMPENSATION ACREED OR AWARDED UNDER THE CROWN LAND RESUMPTION ORDINANCE HAD NOT BEEN PAID TO THE PERSONS CONCERNED AFTER THE SUM WAS DUE FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
+WE HAVE INVESTIGATED INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS, AND I AM INFORMED THE UMELCO SECRETARIAT HAS DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT TO THESE INDIVIDUAL CASES.+
BUT, HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE ALLEGATION ON THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS WAS WIDESPREAD AND UNIVERSALLY PREVALENT.
+GOVERNMENT WOULD AGREE THAT DELAY IN PAYMENT MIGHT WORK CONSIDERABLE HARDSHIP, AND MY UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES WILL BE GRATEFUL IF GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE ENQUIRY AND LET US KNOW WHAT THE POSITION IS.+
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