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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1979

COLLECTION OF CROWN RENT IN NT AND NEW KOWLOON

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CROWN RENTS FOR LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OR NEW KOWLOON TOTALLING LESS THAN $100 PER ANNUM WILL IN FUTURE BE COLLECTED EVERY FIVE YEARS IN ARREARS, INSTEAD OF ANNUALLY AS AT PRESENT.

A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID THE DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN BECAUSE COLLECTING SUCH AMOUNTS EVERY YEAR WAS UNECONOMICAL, CROWN RENT EXCEEDING $100 PER ANNUM WOULD CONTINUE TO BE COLLECTED ANNUALLY.

HE SAID THE NEW MEASURE, IN SO FAR AS IT AFFECTED NEW KOWLOON, RELATED TO LOTS OTHER THAN THOSE REGISTERED IN THE LAND OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT RESERVED THE RIGHT, HOWEVER, TO DEMAND PAYMENT OF CROWN RENTS AT ANY TIME AND, IN CASES OF DEFAULT, TO RE-ENTER THE LAND.

THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YUEN LONG GETS SQUASH COURTS

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FOUR SQUASH COURTS BUILT WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY SIR SHIU-KIN TANG WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED IN YUEN LONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 11 AM.

SIR SHIU-KIN WILL ATTEND THE CEREMONY, TOGETHER WITH THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, AFTER WHOM THE COURTS HAVE BEEN NAMED.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. F.K. LI AND THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES WILL ALSO ATTEND.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONY. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN (AM 2088) WILL LEAVE FROM KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 9.30 AM AND RETURN PRESS REPRESENTATIVES THERE AFTER THE CEREMONY. FOR THOSE WISHING TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAYS, THE COURTS ARE SITUATED NEAR ON NING ROAD,

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