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XCR(74)199IVED IS Copy No
Kí No. 11 DEC1974
MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Crown Rights (Re-entry) Ordinance (Repealed) and Crown Rights (Re-entry and Vesting Remedies) Ordinance
(Chapter 126)
PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF MEMORIAL OF RE-ENTRY
ON KOWLOON INLAND LOT NO 9232 (962 CANTON ROAD)
Section 4 of the repealed Crown Rights (Re-entry) Ordinance provided a right to petition the Governor in Council for relief against forfeiture on re-entry by the Crown under a Crown lease. Section 5 of that Ordinance prescribed a period of six months within which a petition could be presented but the Governor in Council was empowered to extend this period in any particular case. The right to petition under the Crown Rights (Re-entry) Ordinance, for persons who had a right to apply for relief before the repeal of that Ordinance, was preserved by section 15(2) of the Crown Rights (Re-entry and Vesting Remedies) Ordinance (Chapter 126). The present petitioner was so entitled under the former Ordinance in respect of the property known as 962 Canton Road, Kowloon.
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Kowloon Inland Lot No 9232 (962 Canton Road), which has an area of approximately 760 square feet, was formerly sub-section 1 of Section B of Kowloon Inland Lot No 447. Following the expiry of the original 75-year non-renewable lease, the property reverted to the Crown on 25th September 1963 and was regranted to the former owner, the late YU Wo-lung, on 23rd June 1964. The premium was set at $149, 200, with interest at the rate of 10% per annum, payable by one instalment of $16, 825 and nineteen annual instalments of $15, 825. At the time of the regrant, the grantee was residing in Canada and his wife, Madam YEE Lai-ying (alias KWONG Lai-ying) acted as his attorney. Madam YEE was herself represented by Messrs Wilkinson and Grist. The first instalment of the regrant premium was paid, belatedly, on 17th November 1964.
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Soon after the regrant, but before payment of the first instal- ment of premium, a Re-development Notice under the Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance (Chapter 337) was registered on 28th August 1964 in the Land Office. A Notice of Final Awards to protected tenants amounting to $49, 218.50 was registered on 26th February 1965. However, on 20th March 1965, Messrs Wilkinson and Grist advised the Buildings Ordinance Office that the grantee had no funds to pay the tenants. Madam YEE subsequently confirmed when
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