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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991

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DUTIES

CONSIDER WHETHER THE

TO

THE

MR SUEN SAID THE BOARD HAD THE RIGHT TO OFFER MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT/SPECIAL RESIDENT WAS FAIR.

"SHOULD

THE BOARD

CONSIDER THE

NOT

IT OFFER

WILL FAIR AND GIVE REASONS FOR

FAIR,

DETERMINE THE AMOUNT THAT IT REGARDS AS THAT DECISION," HE SAID.

OF THE REVIEW BOARD, MR SUEN ON THE COMPOSITION

SAID IT

WHO WAS CHAIRMAN

ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COMPRISED A NON-OFFICIAL

A LIST OF 33 SPECIAL COMMITTEE AND AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS DRAWN FROM

THE HONG KONG PEOPLE NOMINATED BY PROFESSIONAL BODIES ACCOUNTANTS, THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS BRANCH) AND THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS.

PUBLICISED

ON OTHER POINTS RAISED BY MR LI +

WAS WIDELY REVIEW BOARD INCEPTION IN 1987.

SOCIETY OF (HONG KONG

MR SUEN SAID THE THROUGH THE MEDIA

ASSESSMENT

SINCE

ITS

SPECIAL

DISTRIBUTED

то

ADDITIONALLY, ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE SET OUT IN A

ARRANGEMENTS

PAMPHLET ON COMPENSATION AND WALLED CITY RESIDENTS.

REHOUSING

SINCE IT CAME

INTO

THE OPERATION,

ASSESSMENT REVIEW BOARD THE ADEQUACY OF GOVERNMENT'S MR SUEN OFFERED

DEALT WITH ONE CASE OF APPEAL AGAINST COMPENSATION OFFER AT THE REQUEST OF A WALLED CITY RESIDENT, SAID, ADDING THAT THE BOARD HAD DECIDED THAT THE COMPENSATION BY THE GOVERNMENT WAS REASONABLE.

MR SUEN ADDED THAT TWO

HAD RECENTLY BEEN APPEAL CASES

AND THAT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD BY RESIDENTS BOARD TO MEET TO CONSIDER THESE APPEALS WERE BEING FINALISED.

LAW REFORM COMMISSION REVIEWING EIGHT TOPICS

THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION HAS COMPLETED 'THE REVIEW OF 11 TOPICS SINCE 1986 AND IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING EIGHT TOPICS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON EMILY LAU, MR MATHEWS SAID THE REVIEW OF TWO FURTHER TOPICS WHICH HAD BEEN REFERRED ΤΟ

THE COMMISSION WOULD RECEIVE ATTENTION AS SOON AS MANPOWER RESOURCES PERMITTED.

MONTHS

HE SAID THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME OF THREE YEARS EIGHT TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW OF A TOPIC, WAS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE.

/THE ATTORNEY