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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.753 OF 27 JULY,
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING.
YOUR TELNO.571.
P.Q'S FROM MR ROBERT PARRY, M.P.
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QUESTION 1: SUGGEST YOU GIVE NUMBER OF WRITTEN AND ORAL
ESTION
QUESTIONS SEPARATELY FOR 1976 AND 1977.
QUESTION 2 : AGREED.
QUESTION 3: EXAMINATION OF CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE IS COMPLICATED AND WE ARE NOT READY TO CONSULT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
SUGGEST REPLY AS FOLLOWS:
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''THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS SATISFIED THAT THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE PROVIDES ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE RIGHTS OF LESSEES WHOSE LAND OR PROPERTY IS COMPULSORILY RESUMED. IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE ARE BACKED BY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, WHICH PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO LESSEES TO SURRENDER THEIR LAND VOLUNTARILY AND ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF EX GRATIA COMPENSATION. THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW.''
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