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CLEARANCE OF ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURES CONTINUES

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ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURES WHICH CONSTITUTE A DANGER OR POSE SERIOUS SANITARY AND

AND ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE ARE BEING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE REMOVED,

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR. GRAHAM BARNES, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION, BY THE CONRAD LAM AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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IN ADDITION, MR BARNES SAID ANY PERSON FOUND ERECTING A NEW ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURE WOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR CARRYING

OUT BUILDING WORKS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL AND CONSENT, OF..... THE BUILDING AUTHORITY!

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"PERSONS WHO ARE MADE HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF THE CLEARANCE ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURES ARE REHOUSED ACCORDING то THEIR ELIGIBILITIES BY THE HOUSING, DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.

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ACCORDING TO THE 1991'' POPULATION CENSUS. THERE WERE

ROOFTOP STRUCTURES WITH 9,985 PEOPLE ENUMERATED.

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THE GOVERNMENT IS REVIEWING THE NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE WITH A VIEW TO MAKING IT MORE RELEVANT TO PRESENT-DAY NEEDS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR SUEN SAID THERE WERE PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE WHICH ENABLE THOSE HOLDING AN INTEREST IN LAND IN THE NEW TERITORIES TO CIRCUMVENT THE EFFECT OF CUSTOMARY LAW, FOR EXAMPLE, BY SEEKING AN EXEMPTION TO THE LAND IN QUESTION FROM THE APPLICATION OF PART II OF THE ORDINANCE.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON STEPHEN NG MING-YUM, MR SUEN EXPLAINED THAT MATTERS CONCERNING SUCCESSION WERE GENERALLY GOVERNED BY THE WILLS ORDINANCE, THE INTESTATES' ESTATES ORDINANCE AND THE DECEASED'S FAMILY MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE.

THESE LAWS APPLIED TO ALL HONG KONG RESIDENTS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR GENDER AND SOCIAL ORIGIN.

HOWEVER, MR SUEN SAID IN RELATION TO INHERITANCE OF LAND, THERE WERE CERTAIN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS OBSERVED BY THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHICH LAID DOWN RULES FOR THE INHERITANCE OF ANCESTRAL LAND ALONG THE MALE LINE.

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