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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988 ·

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SAME TREATMENT FOR ALL CLEAREES

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EITHER

TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION ALL CLEAREES AFFECTED IN THE TATE'S CAIRN

WITH REGARD TO SAME TREATMENT PROJECT ARE OFFERED THE PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY REHOUSING ACCORDING TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY.

SAID

THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES,

A WRITTEN REPLY THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY) IN TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ELSIE TU.

INDIGENOUS

YUEN

OF VILLAGERS

LONG SOUTHERN END OF THE TATE'S

REHOUSING FAVOURABLE

TREATMENT

MRS TU HAD ASKED WHETHER VILLAGE IN NEW KOWLOON SITUATED AT THE CAIRN TUNNEL WERE BEING THAN THOSE BEING CLEARED AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE SAME PROJECT.

GIVEN

LESS

MR BARNES SAID ALL CLEAREES HOLDING PRIVATE LAND WERE

TO STATUTORY COMPENSATION.

HOWEVER, EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION WAS ALSO OFFERED TO OLD SCHEDULED AGRICULTURAL LOTS AND BUILDING LOTS.

"DIFFERENT RATES APPROVED

BY

THE

ENTITLED

OWNERS OF

THE FINANCE

OF COMMITTER AND TERRITORIES

IN THE URBAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPLY IN THE NEW

IN THESE AREAS, HE AREA BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN LAND VALUES SAID.

"

LOTS ARE

"INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS HOLDING OLD SCHEDULED BUILDING ALSO COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF ACCOMMODATION ON TOP OF THEIR LAND.

"IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,

INDIGENOUS

VILLAGERS

HOLDING

THE UNDER

VILLAGE REMOVAL POLICY,

LOTS BUILDING

WILL OLD SCHEDULED

(OF 700 SQUARE FEET AND NORMALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE RESITE HOUSE THREE STOREYS) FOR EACH 0.01 ACRE OF THEIR LAND.

HOUSES ARE GRANTED A AN ALLOWANCE FOR BUILDING

"THOSE WHO WISH TO CONSTRUCT THEIR OWN PLOT OF LAND OF 700 SQUARE FEET AND PAID THEIR HOUSES.

"ALTERNATIVELY, THOSE WHO

DO

NOT WANT

A RESITE HOUSE CAN

OBTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING ACCORDING TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY.

MR BARNES

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NEW KOWLOON, LOTS WOULD

INDIGENOUS

VILLAGERS GET A NEW EX-GRATIA

SAID THAT IN HOLDING

SCHEDULED BUILDING ALLOWANCE AT THE CURRENT RATE OF $929 PER SQUARE FOOT,

THIS

PER

UP ΤΟ FOOT SQUARE WAS PAYABLE THEREAFTER ONLY FOR THE COVERED AREA BEING RESUMED.

0.01

ACRE AND

BY THE EXECUTIVE "THIS ALLOWANCE IS A NEW ALLOWANCE APPROVED

AN ENHANCEMENT TO COUNCIL AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN JUNE 1988 AS THE EXISTING EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE OF $2,000 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR AN SCHEDULED BUILDING LOT," HE SAID.

OLD

/"IT IS