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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989

GOVT TO CONSIDER SITES FOR REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS

THE

CONSIDERING

THE

AND BUILDINGS

LANDS DEPARTMENT IS

COLLECTION ALLOCATION OF A NUMBER OF RURAL SITES FOR PERMANENT REFUSE

AND LANDS, THE HON POINTS, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT GRAHAM BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

YAN-LUNG ON

HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG BUILDING OF REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

REQUIRED LAND, WHICH WAS

COLLECTION POINTS WERE MR BARNES SAID WHERE REFUSE

ON GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE THESE WERE BUILT WHEREVER FORMALLY ALLOCATED TO THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS.

NO

ON

TERRITORIES WHERE THERE WAS IN SOME VILLAGES IN THE NEW

COLLECTION POINTS, SUITABLE GOVERNMENT LAND ON WHICH TO BUILD REFUSE

BEEN 'PO PROVIDE HE SAID THE PRACTICE HAD PRIVATE LAND, WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE LAND OWNER.

TEMPORARY FACILITIES

WISH TO BUILD PERMANENT HE SAID SHOULD THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

WHY THE FACILITIES ON PRIVATE LAND, THERE WAS NO REASON IN PRINCIPLE LAND SHOULD NOT BE RESUMED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF MR BARNES SAID HE HAD

BUILDINGS LANDS TO PROCESS A REQUEST FROM THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES THE FORMAL ALLOCATION OF A NUMBER OF SITES IN RURAL AREAS.

AND

FOR

RESUMPTION OF LAND MIGHT BE NECESSARY WHERE THE SITES PRIVATE LAND, HE ADDED.

WERE ON

COMPLICATED TO LEGISLATE ON SALES OF FLATS

LEGISLATING TO PRESCRIBE HOW PEOPLE SHOULD SELL FLATS WOULD BE VERY COMPLICATED, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BARNES SAID IT WAS TRUE THERE HAD BEEN QUARRELLING AND INCIDENTS IN QUEUES OF PEOPLE BUYING FLATS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS AND IN ADVANCE.

"BUT IT IS NOT A REGULAR OCCURRENCE AND IN HONG KONG WE DO NOT USUALLY PRESCRIBE HOW PEOPLE SHOULD SELL THINGS LIKE FLATS, HE SAID WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LEUNG WAI-TUNG.

MISS LEUNG HAD MENTIONED IMPROPER AND POSSIBLY ACTIVITIES BY NON-PROSPECTIVE FLAT BUYERS WHEN FLATS WERE PUT SALE BY PROPERTY DEVELOPERS, AND SAID A RECENT CASE HAD AGAIN CONFLICT.

ILLEGAL

UP

FOR LED TO

/MR BARNES