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Commenting on the view that it was undesirable to have a legal vacuum on right of abode on July 1, the spokesman explained that the absence of domestic legislation for a short period after July I would not pose any problem.

"The Basic Law, which will come into force on July 1, will provide the legal basis on which the Director of Immigration can make decisions on right of abode As long as the domestic legislation can come into effect within a short period, any subsequent appeal against or challenge to those decisions can then be determined on the basis of the domestic legislation then in place," he said.

matters.

"This is certainly less ideal than having the domestic legislation enacted by July 1. But it is preferable to enacting a piece of legislation the validity of which will be subject to legal challenge," he added.

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Land Sales Programme - April to June 1997

The Principal Government Land Agent, Mr Nigel Burley, announced today (Wednesday) that following the Land Commission's agreement to the Land Disposal Programme submitted by the Administration, the Government's Land Sales Programme for the period from April to June 1997 would consist of seven sites covering 9.26 hectares.

The breakdown of the sites is as follows:

Use

Sites

Area(ha)

(1)

Commercial and Residential

1

0.74

(2)

Residential (low density)

2

5.52

(3)

Industrial

1

0.32

(4)

Private Sector Participation

Scheme (PSPS)

2

2.52

(5)

Petrol Filling Station

1

0.16