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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994
MR EASON SAID 20 FORMER OWNERS OF LAND RESUMED FOR A LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC) PROJECT IN JUBILEE STREET HAD REFUSED COMPENSATION SO FAR.
ONE FORMER OWNER IS DECEASED AND PROBATE IS BEING ARRANGED.
ANOTHER HAS CHALLENGED THE VALIDITY OF THE RESUMPTION IN COURT.
NEGOTIATIONS ON COMPENSATION AMOUNTS ARE CONTINUING FOR THE MAJORITY OF CASES.
MR EASON SAID THE TOTAL RESUMPTION COST ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT WAS $519 MILLION WHICH WOULD BE REIMBURSED BY LDC PLUS AN ADMINISTRATION FEE.
'AS THE RESUMPTION COSTS ARE FULLY RECOVERABLE AND ARE NOT THEREFORE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, A SEPARATE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CONTROL OF LANDS DEPARTMENT INTO WHICH THE LDC ADVANCES THE AMOUNT REQUIRED PRIOR TO ANY EXPENDITURE BEING MADE, HE SAID, ADDING THAT APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS THEREFORE NOT NECESSARY.
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MR BASON SAID THE LAND WAS GRANTED TO LDC BY MEANS OF A PRIVATE TREATY GRANT AND NO STAMP DUTY WAS REQUIRED.
WHILE THE LAND GRANT DOCUMENTS ARE BEING PROCESSED, AN ADVANCE POSSESSION LICENCE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN THE MEANTIME TO LDC TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED WORKS TO PROCEED.
THE LAND PREMIUM WHICH HAS BEEN AGREED WITH THE LDC IS IN ORDER OF $1.7 BILLION, HE SAID.
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TUNNEL CLOSURE ESSENTIAL
THE CLOSURE OF TUNNEL TUBES IS ESSENTIAL TO ALLOW CLEANING, REPAIRS AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
THERE IS NO PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE AS SUCH WORK CANNOT BE CARRIED OUT WHEN THERE IS MOVING TRAFFIC.
THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE APPROACH IS TO CLOSE ONE TUBE AT A TIME AND PERMIT TWO-WAY TRAFFIC IN THE OTHER TUBE.
TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR BARMA, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG CHI-WOOD IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR BARMA SAID AS RECORDS SHOWED THAT SOME OF THE MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON SATURDAY NIGHTS/EARLY SUNDAY MORNINGS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT HAD THEREFORE NOW GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL THE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTORS OF GOVERNMENT TUNNELS NOT TO CLOSE ANY TUBE AT THESE TIMES.
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