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No permanent building is affected by this resumption, the single private building lot involved being undeveloped. Nineteen (19) temporary structures used for domestic purposes and situated on Crown land will have to be cleared. These structures are occupied by twelve (12) families who, if found eligible, will be offered accommodation in a local public housing estate. Those families who do not qualify for public housing will be offered space in a temporary housing area in the vicinity or alternatively will be allowed to re-establish themselves on suitable land elsewhere. Any family eligible for public housing for whom space in a temporary housing area is not available will receive a rehabilitation grant of $2,500. Authority is being sought to raise this allowance to $5,000, a figure approximating more closely with the actual costs. By a minor extension of policy it is also proposed to pay this sum to genuine cultivators affected by the resumption, who although eligible for public housing, have found cultivation land outside the development area on which they wish to settle.
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In addition, forty-two (42) other temporary structures on Crown land will also have to be cleared. These structures mainly comprise stores, pigsties, porches and poultry sheds. Ex-gratia allowance estimated at about $35, 000 for two shops housed in temporary structures will be paid from the Housing Department's Compensation Vote under which funds are available.
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Since the private land to be resumed is not covered by a statutory or layout plan, the landowners will not be offered a Letter B exchange as an alternative to cash compensation which is assessed at $5 per square foot for the private agricultural land and $91 per square foot for the private building land.
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Negotiations to obtain voluntary surrender of the private land are in progress but the institution of formal resumption proceedings is recommended to avoid delays which might be caused by registration of succession, absentee landowners, or by the negotiations which cannot be concluded satisfactorily within the time available.
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Honourable Members will be asked to advise, under section 3 of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance (Chapter 124), whether the resumption of the lots listed at Annex B is required for a public purpose, namely, the provision of access to the So Kwun Wat Borrow Area in connection with Tuen Mun New Town Stage IIA Development - Package 14.
(The District Officer, Tuen Mun (Mr NG Kwok-tai) will attend before the Council for the discussion of this item).
20th July 1977 (ENV 95/77/16)
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