TNAG-0502-FCO40-567-Petitions-for-reinstatement-of-Crown-land-permits-in-Hong-Ko-1974 — Page 27

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KEGISTRY No.51

(HKICD)

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NKK 16/7

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELNO2461 OF 14 MAY, 1974

YOUR DESPATCH BL 1/3141/73 OF 10 APRIL. PETITION BY LAW KAM-SANG,

:

1. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING:

(A) HOW WAS THE PETITIONER WARNED THAT HIS PERMITS WOULD BE CANCELLED (YOUR PARA 4): BY WHOM AND IN WHAT WAY?

(B) WHEN WAS THE ACCESS ROAD BUILT? ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE NO LEGAL. RIGHT TO COMPENSATION FOR IT, IF HE BUILT IT IN REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF SECURITY OF TENURE, MIGHT THERE NOT BE AN EQUITABLE CASE FOR COMPENSATION OF SOME

KIND?

C) EXTENSIONS WERE GIVEN TO CERTAIN OTHER PERMIT-HOLDERS (YOUR PARAS 6 AND 10). IN WHAT RESPECT WERE THEIR CASES EXCEPTIONAL?

CALLAGHAN

FILES

HK100

LEGAL ADVISERS MR YOUDE

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