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case of Mr Law, who operated his quarry under two permits,
formal notice of cancellation of these permits was finally
given in September 1970. The permits were duly cancelled in
December.
ARGUMENT
4.
The cancellation of Mr Law's permits was in no way
The petitioner, who said in previous
discriminatory.
correspondence that he had paid HK$115,900 to secure access to
the quarry site and to construct a road, knew when his permits
were issued that they could be cancelled at three months'
notice.
The petitioner was warned several times from July 1969
onwards (i.e. more than a year in advance) that his permits were
to be cancelled.
5.
The petitioner states that he is being evicted from his
home. He in fact lives with his family in Kowloon; and although
Mr Law and his son are understood to have stayed at the quarry
occasionally, the workers' quarters on the site cannot be
regarded as Mr Law's home.
6.
Concerning Mr Law's final paragraph, the Environment
Secretary, on behalf of the Governor, emphasises that the new
quarry policy was discussed in 1968 with the Heung Yee Kuk (the
Rural Consultative Council for the New Territories) and was also
made generally known to quarry owners. Moreover, although it is
true that certain other quarries were allowed to continue on a
Crown land permit basis after Mr Law's permits had been
terminated, the Environment Secretary is satisfied that
extensions were given to the permit-holders concerned only on a
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