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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1992

CROWN LAND ORDINANCE

NOTICES WILL BE POSTED ON PHASE I

PREMISES ON JANUARY 6.

APPEALING TO THE

OCCUPANTS FOR CO-OPERATION, MR CHOK SAID

ΤΟ ABILITY THEIR ENTITLEMENT TO COMPENSATION AND THEIR

APPEAL NOT BE AFFECTED BY ANY DECISION TO MOVE OUT OF THE WALLED CITY JANUARY 8.

WILL

BEFORE

WALLED

AT PRESENT, ONLY 36 HOUSEHOLDS REMAIN IN PHASE I OF THE

TAKE CITY. IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO

POSSESSION OF 20

UNDER VACANT PREMISES

THE NAMES OF 31 PERSONS WHO HAD CLAIMED POSSESSORY TITLE TO THE PREMISES.

ALL OTHER STRUCTURES UNDER PHASE I OF THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY

ALREADY BEEN CLEARANCE PROJECT HAD

SUCCESSFULLY TAKEN BACK IN A TWO-DAY OPERATION ON NOVEMBER 28 AND 29.

MR CHOK REMINDED ALL PHASE I CLEAREES WHO HAD NOT YET THEIR COMPENSATION CLAIMS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT ANY APPEAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW BOARD (ARB) MUST BE LODGED BY JANUARY 28.

"HOWEVER, WHERE A CLAIMANT

BEING ONE OF

THE

SETTLED ΤΟ THE

BE

THE

IN

THE 31 PLAINTIFFS CLAIMING POSSESSORY TITLE MAKES AN APPEAL,

CASE WILL ONLY

OF DECISION PROCESSED ON CONDITION THAT HE AGREES TO ACCEPT THE ARB IN FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ALL AND ANY CLAIMS HE MAY HAVE RESPECT OF THE PROPERTY HE CLAIMS TO OWN IN THE WALLED CITY,

THE LAND INCLUDING HIS CLAIMS TO POSSESSORY TITLE UNDER

ACQUISITION (POSSESSORY TITLE) ORDINANCE (LAPTO), HE SAID.

"

THE

THE ARB WAS ESTABLISHED TO RESOLVE DISPUTES AS TO COMPENSATION AND TO ACT AS AN ARBITRATOR TO MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMPENSATION PAYABLE.

CLAIMS

WALLED

ΤΟ

HIS "TO ALLOW ANY CLEAREE TO REFER

THE UNDER CITY COMPENSATION PACKAGE TO ARB WHILST AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING HIS ABILITY TO PURSUE HIS CLAIMS UNDER THE LAPTO WOULD RUN COUNTER

BE A THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARB, AND WOULD

CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL WASTE OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AS A RESOURCES GO INTO AN ARB HEARING," MR CHOK EXPLAINED.

PHASE I CLEAREES TO

THE ARB

HE STRESSED THAT APPEALS FROM AFTER THE JANUARY 28 DEADLINE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED.

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