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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988

PRIVATE STREET RESUMPTION AMENDMENT BILL IN THE PIPELINE

THE AN AMENDMENT BILL, WHICH SEEKS TO SIMPLIFY

PROCEDURES IN THE RESUMPTION OF PRIVATE STREETS IN HONG KONG, WILL BE INTRODUCED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 20.

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THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN HONG-TSUNG, AFTER VISITING KOWLOON DISTRICT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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CITY

AT PRESENT, MR LAN POINTED OUT, THE GOVERNMENT WAS REQUIRED

THE OWNERSHIP OF SERVE NOTICE TO EVERY PERSON WHO HAS A SHARE IN PRIVATE STREET EITHER BY HAND OR BY REGISTERED MAIL.

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THIS REQUIREMENT IMPOSED A VERY LONG LEAD TIME ON THE PRIVATE STREET RESUMPTION PROGRAMME BECAUSE HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF OWNERS MIGHT BE INVOLVED, RESULTING IN A VERY SUBSTANTIAL WORKLOAD ESTABLISHING OWNERSHIP AND IN PREPARING AND SERVING NOTICES, HE NOTED.

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MR LAN SAID ONE OF THE MAJOR PROPOSALS WAS TO AMEND THE ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE SO THAT RESUMPTION NOTICES PARTIES ONCE THEY WERE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SERVED ON ALL INTERESTED WERE GAZETTED AND AFFIXED TO THE

PART OF THE LAND IN

QUESTION,

CONSPICUOUS

HE WAS CONFIDENT OF THE RESUMPTION PROGRAMME BEING ONCE THE BILL WAS PASSED INTO LAW.

SPEEDED UP

EARLIER, MR LAN, ACCOMPANIED BY KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG, AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FONG,

KWA TOURED PRIVATE STREETS AND RESUMED PRIVATE STREETS IN TO

WAN TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE MANAGEMENT

ROAD SURFACE AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITARY CONDITIONS.

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HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNSATISFACTORY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS THE UNRESUMED PRIVATE STREETS.

DURING THE TOUR, MR LAN WAS BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER THE LATEST PROGRESS OF THE PRIVATE STREET RESUMPTION PILOT SCHEME, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1983.

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UNDER THE SCHEME, 10 PRIVATE STREETS IN KOWLOON

CITY DISTRICT

HAD SO FAR BEEN RESUMED.

A FURTHER THREE STREETS HAD BEEN REVERTED ΤΟ GOVERNMENT THROUGH VOLUNTARY SURRENDER AND UPON EXPIRY OF THE LEASE.

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