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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1994

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HOWEVER, FOR SOME DISTRICT LANDS OFFICES HAVING A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO OPERATE A WAITING LIST BEFORE THE ACTUAL PROCESSING COMMENCES, MR POPE ADDED.

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ON LAND RESUMPTION, MR POPE SAID AN OFFER OF COMPENSATION OR AN INDICATION TO CLAIM WOULD BE MADE WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE DATE OF THE LAND REVERTING TO GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE.

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"WHERE OFFERS OF COMPENSATION HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED, WHERE POSSIBLE, AN OFFER OF PROVISIONAL PAYMENT WILL BE MADE WITHOUT PREJUDICING ANY CLAIM MADE BY THE CLAIMANT,' MR POPE SAID.

MR POPE SAID THE PLEDGES WILL BE MONITORED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S LANDS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LAND SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE LAND AND BUILDINGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK. THE RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY.

OTHER MAJOR ASPECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK ARE CARRIED OUT BY ITS SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE, INVOLVING SETTING OUT OF LAND BOUNDARIES, AND PROVISION OF MAPPING AND GEODETIC INFORMATION, UP-TO- DATE LARGE SCALE PLANS, AND MAPPING PRODUCTS.

"THE DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKES ΤΟ RESPOND ΤΟ 70 PER CENT OF REQUESTS FOR MAPPING AND GEODETIC INFORMATION ON THE SAME DAY. WHERE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED INVOLVES CALCULATION AND RESEARCH, TT WILL TAKE THREE WORKING DAYS TO PROCESS AND SUPPLY THE REQUESTED INFORAMPION," MR POPE SAID.

"REGARDING THE SETTING OUT OF LAND BOUNDARIES. ALTHOUGH A LAND PARCEL CAN NORMALLY BE SET OUT WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF RECEIPT OF THE REQUEST, THE PROCESSING TIME DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE SIZE OF THE LAND AND THE EXPIRATION OF TIME SINCE THE LAST BOUNDARY REDEFINITION," POPE ADDED.

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MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS WOULD BE SURVEYED AND SHOWN ON LARGE SCALE PLANS THREE MONTHS AFTER COMPLETION.

THESE PLANS, TOGETHER WITH THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE'S OTHER MAPPING PRODUCTS, CAN BE ORDERED FROM ITS SALES COUNTER. THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION THREE WORKING DAYS AFTER REQUEST.

MR POPE GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THESE PLEDGES WILL BE MONITORED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CADASTRAL SURVEY CONSULTATION COMMITTEE AND THE MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY.

"IN SETTING PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR ITSELF, THE LANDS DEPARTMENT AIMS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY TO THE REST OF ITS ABILITY.

"HOWEVER, THE SPEED AT WHICH WE DELIVER OUR SERVICES IS SOMETIMES INFLUENCED TO A SIGNIFICANT EXTENT BY THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CASES INVOLVED, MR POPE ADDED.

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