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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987

IT "RETAINING WALLS ARE PART OF SITE FORMATION WORKS, AND

MIGHT IN APPROPRIATE CASES ALWAYS BEEN THE INTENTION THAT THEY EXEMPTED TOGETHER WITH OTHER SITE FORMATION WORKS.

TO 'RETAINING WALLS' "I THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT REFERENCE THE DEFINITION OF 'BUILDING WORKS' BE DELETED, MR ASPREY SAID.

PRESENT CLAUSE 5 AT

1

HAS

BE

IN

OF

HE SAID

SAID THAT THE DIRECTOR BUILDINGS AND LANDS MIGHT ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN SPECIFIED BUILDING WORKS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

DIRECTOR,

IS

"THE USE OF WORD 'MAY' IMPLIES SOME DISCRETION BY THE WHICH, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, NOT THE INTENTION.

"THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CLAUSE 5 WILL DIRECTOR

SHALL ISSUE

BUILDING WORKS COMPLY

MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE OF A CERTIFICATE

WHERE EXEMPTION WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE,

T

MR

THE

ASPREY SAID.

RIGHTS OF VILLAGE HOUSE OWNERS PROTECTED

LAU

THE

NEW PROPERTY

MOVE BY THE AUTHORITIES TO BUILDINGS ORDINANCE (APPLICATION 1986 SO

AND THAT INDIGENOUS

TREATED TERRITORIES WOULD BE OWNERS WOULD CONTINUE 10

BE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR AND HEUNG YEE KUK CHAIRMAN, THE HON WONG-FAT, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WELCOMED A MAKE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS TO THE

THE NEW TERRITORIES) BILL ΤΟ NON-INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS IN EQUALLY AND THE PROTECTED.

RIGHTS OF

MR LAU WAS SPEAKING AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL.

MEETING DURING

AND THE HEUNG YEE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS OF VILLAGE HOUSES

FOR ITS KUK, MR LAU THANKED THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP STUDYING THE BILL EFFORTS TO BRING A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THE MATTER.

VILLAGE HOUSES EXPLAINING THE ISSUE IN DETAIL, HE SAID SMALL HOUSES) HAD ALWAYS BEEN EXEMPTED BUILDINGS FOR WHICH THE DID NOT NEED TO SUBMIT CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

(1.E. OWNERS

/HOWEVER, WITH