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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993

LATER

IT

AS

THE

ON,

AFTER

WE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR,

WILL BE PUTTING FURTHER PROPOSALS ON OTHER MATTERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND BASE WILL BE MY HOPE, FIRST OF ALL THAT WE CAN HAVE AS BROAD A POSSIBLE

POLITICAL IN THIS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE PROPOSALS FOR

ALSO HOPE AND I DEVELOPMENT,

THAT AT THE END OF

DAY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL AGREE TO PROPOSALS WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE TO

AND THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH THE PRESENT

I SOVEREIGN POWERS. THOSE MUST BE OUR OBJECTIVES AND FUTURE HAVE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE BEYOND CONTROVERSY. BUT SOONER OR LATER, HAVE THIS COUNCIL AND THIS COMMUNITY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE MATTERS, TO DEAL WITH THEM CONSTRUCTIVELY, AND I AM SURE WILL DEAL WITH THEM IN THE MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE WAY WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAS CAPABLE OF IN SO MANY OTHER AREAS.

HELD

DR. CONRAD LAM: COUNCILLORS OFFICIALS THEMSELVES.

MR GOVERNOR, THIS MORNING,

THE WOULD

SHOWN ITSELF

LEGISLATIVE GOVERNMENT CONDUCTING

OVER

A MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

ARE MADE SOME COMMENTS ON THE WAY EXCO MEMBERS

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL RESPOND TO THIS. RECENTLY, ONE HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS FROM TO KWA WAN, SIXTH STREET, HAVE COME TO SHOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT A CERTAIN CASE; THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE SHOPS BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND YET THEY HAVE TO PAY

THE MORE

BUT AS FAR AS COMPENSATION IS CONCERNED

SHOPS GETTING LESS THAN RESIDENTIAL UNITS. YET FROM THE OFFICIALS, WERE TOLD THAT IT'S NOT THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT FAIR TO RATHER

THE THE EXCO MEMBERS ARE MUCH TO0 GENEROUS WITH UNITS. NOW, IF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IS CORRECT, I HOPE THAT GOVERNOR, WILL ANSWER THE FOLLOWING THREE QUESTIONS.

RATES,

WHY FIRSTLY,

ARE THEY THEM BUT RESIDENTIAL YOU, MR

IS IT THAT THE EXCO MEMBERS ARE NOT TREATING EVERYBODY IN AN EQUAL MANNER? IN OTHER WORDS, MORE GENEROUS TO THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS BUT LESS GENEROUS TO THE SHOPS ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

IS THERE A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EXCO MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS?

SECONDLY,

GOVERNOR,

ARE CERTAIN

AND THIRDLY, EVER SINCE YOUR TAKING OFFICE, MR THERE OFFICIALS WHO HAVE MADE SUGGESTIONS TO YOU SAYING THAT POLICIES THAT ARE OUT OF DATE SHOULD BE AMENDED?

THE GOVERNOR:

FIRST OF ALL, ON THE WHOLE I THINK MOST

OF MEMBERS

THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND PERHAPS MOST

MADE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WOULD BE PLEASED IF THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGE

THEM FROM TIME TO TIME WAS AN EXCESS AGAINST

OF GENEROSITY, BUT IS PUTTING THAT ON ONE SIDE, I THINK THAT WHAT THE HONOURABLE MEMBER ASKING

RESIDENTIAL ME ABOUT IS THE DIFFERENT PROCEDURES FOR TREATING

AS I RECALL, AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES IN THE CASE OF RESUMPTIONS, THE POSITION IS THAT BUSINESS PROPERTY IS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS VALUE OF

THAT THE THE BUSINESS AND THE LOSS OF VALUE OF

PROPERTY; RESIDENTIAL OWNERS ARE GIVEN ENOUGH COMPENSATION TO PURCHASE A SIMILAR RESIDENCE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. I THINK THAT IS, BROADLY SPEAKING, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POSITION OF RESIDENTIAL OWNERS AND BUSINESS FOR OWNERS.

AS

EXISTED I UNDERSTAND IT, THOSE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE TIME AND SOME

FOR THERE IS THOUGHT TO BE A REASON

THAT DIFFERENT

OF

TREATMENT.

/I AM