FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1977
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CHI SHING LANE TENANTS AGAIN URGED TO ACCEPT GOVT. OFFER SOON
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THE REMAINING OCCUPANTS AT NOS. 1-3, CHI SHING LANE, WANCHAI, ARE AGA IN BEING URGED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT OFFERS OF ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION IN PUBLIC HOUSING WITHOUT DELAY.
THE BUILDINGS, ALONG WITH SEVEN OTHERS IN THE SAME BLOCK AT NOS. 5-9 AND NOS. 2-8, CHI SHING LANE WERE RESUMED BY GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE IN JUNE LAST YEAR. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MARKET TO REPLACE THE EXISTING INADEQUATE FACILITIES AT CANAL ROAD AND THE EXTENSION OF THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER TO LINK UP WITH THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL.
OF THE 68 FAMILIES LIVING IN THE BUILDINGS AFFECTED, 58 OF THEM COMPRISING 204 PERSONS HAVE ACCEPTED EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION OFFERED BY GOVERNMENT, AND NEARLY ALL OF THEM HAVE ALREADY MOVED OUT TO THE IR NEW HOMES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
FOR THE SHOPS AND WORKSHOPS ON THE GROUND FLOORS, APART FROM ONE WORKSHOP FOP WHICH REMOVAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE STILL BEING MADE, ALL THE OTHERS HAVE HANDED BACK THEIR PREMISES TO GOVERNMENT AFTER HAVING ACCEPTED EX-GRATIA PAYMENT OR ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION IN FLATTED FACTORY ESTATES.
THE REMAINING TEN FAMILIES COMPRISING 32 PERSONS ARE MOSTLY FORMER OWNER-OCCUPIERS OF THE BUILDINGS AT NOS. 1-3, CHI SHING LANE.
THEY PETITIONED THE GOVERNOR ON MAY 20 REGARDING THE AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION AWARDED FOR THE PROPERTIES.
IN A REPLY TO THEIR PETITION DATED JUNE 1, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDINGS WERE ORIGINALLY OFFERED COMPENSATION BY GOVERNMENT BASED ON ITS ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE.
SINCE THE OFFER WAS REJECTED BY THEM, THE MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE LANDS TRIBUNAL FOR ITS CONSIDERATION, THE TRIBUNAL EXAMINED INDEPENDENTLY BOTH THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSESSMENT AND THE CLAIMS SUBMITTED BY THE OWNERS AND MADE ITS AWARDS.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT REPLY ALSO SAID: THESE AWARDS ARE NOW BINDING ON THE GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL PAY THE AMOUNTS AWARDED, PLUS ANY INTEREST, CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE, WHICH HAS ACCRUED SINCE JULY 1976.+
THE COMPENSATION
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