WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1980
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THE DEFINITION OF +ANIMAL+ WAS ALSO RE-DEFINED TO EXCLUDE FISH AND MARINE INVERTEBRATES AND GAME WARDEN+ RENAMED +NATURE WARDEN.+
IN ADDITION, PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF HUNTING AND CARRYING OF FIREARMS IN CERTAIN AREAS UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE WILL BE DELETED AS HUNTING WOULD BE BANNED.
HOWEVER, MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT SPECIFIC HUNTING OPERATIONS COULD STILL BE PERMITTED UNDER A SECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.
ONE IN FIVE APPLICATIONS TO BUILD SMALL HOUSES APPROVED
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THERE WERE 10 000 APPLICATIONS TO BUILD SMALL HOUSES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN 1978 AND 1979, OF WHICH 2 000 WERE APPROVED, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON F.K. HU, HE SAID HE WAS CLEARLY NOT SAX SATISFIED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A POLICY WHICH LEFT SUCH A WIDE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF THOSE APPLYING AND THE NUMBERS APPROVED.
+THE REASONS FOR THE GAP ARE COMPLEX AND VARIOUS, HE SAID.
+THE POLICY WAS APPROVED TO ASSIST THE VILLAGERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES IN SOLVING THEIR HOUSING NEEDS, AND IT HAS DONE THIS SATISFACTORILY IN MANY AREAS.
+UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WHERE HOUSES OR SITES HAVE BEEN SOLD OR RENTED TO NON-VILLAGERS SOMETIMES AT A CONSIDERABLE PROFIT.
+THESE HOUSES OR SITES HAVE TAKEN UP MUCH OF THE AVAILABLE CROWN LAND AND IT IS NOW EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IN SOME VILLAGES TO FIND CROWN LAND NEAR THE VILLAGE.
+ IN OTHER PLACES CROWN LAND NEAR THE VILLAGE MAY BE STEEP AND INVOLVE EXTENSIVE SITE FORMATION, SO THAT, FOLLOWING SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF MOST UNSATISFACTORY AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS CONSTRUCTION, THE GOVERNMENT NOW HAS TO INSIST IN SUCH CASES ON THE SUBMISSION OF SITE FORMATION PLANS BY AN AUTHORISED PERSON.
+WITH LIMITED LAND AVAILABLE THERE ARE PROBLEMS OF SORTING OUT GENUINE FROM PURELY SPECULATIVE APPLICATIONS AND, WHEN DEALING WITH OVERSEAS APPLICANTS, THE VILLAGER WHO REALLY INTENDS TO RETURN AND RETIRE TO HIS NATIVE PLACE, AND THE FORMER VILLAGER WHO HAS NO INTENTION TO COME BACK TO LIVE IN HONG KONG AS A PERMANENT RESIDENT. +
/MR AKERS-JONES
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