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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1977

+THEY ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL MOVE IN

TC DEMOLISH THEIR STRUCTURES AND CHARGE THEM THE COST OF DEMOLITION, AS WELL AS FORFEIT ANY STRUCTURES CR PROPERTY ON THE SITE,+ HE SAID.

SINCE THE CROWN LAND CONTROL UNIT WAS SET UP, IT HAS BROUGHT 428 CASES OF ILLEGAL CROWN LAND OCCUPATION TO THE COURTS.

+OF THESE CASES, 378 OFFENDERS WERE CONVICTED THE MAJORITY WERE FINED SUMS RANGING FROM $20 TO $10,000,+ MR. YUEN SAID.

TWENTY-TWO OFFENDERS WERE JAILED FOR TERMS RANGING FROM ONE DAY TO SIX MONTHS WHILE 46 OTHERS WERE GIVEN JAIL SENTENCES SUSPENDED FOR ONE AND A HALF YEARS TO TWO YEARS.

ONLY THIS WEEK IN TSUEN WAN COURT, A MAGISTRATE FINED A MAN FOR A SUM OF $8,000 FOR ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING ABOUT 3,200 SQUARE FEET OF CROWN LAND FOR STORING TIMEER,

IN MAY THIS YEAR, ANOTHER MAN WAS SENT TO JAIL FOR TWO MONTHS AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING ABOUT 850 SQUARE FEET OF CROWN LAND BY SETTING UP A WORKSHOP,

IN ADDITION TO PROSECUTIONS, MR. YUEN SAID, THE UNIT HAS ALSO CARRIED OUT NUMEROUS ILLEGAL CROWN LAND OCCUPATION CLEARANCES.

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