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difficulties or absentee landowners. As the land to be resumed lies within the boundaries of the Tuen Mun Outline Development Plan, the owners of agricultural land will be offered the alternative of land exchange entitlements on Letter B terms with a credit of $10 per square foot or cash compensation which will include an ex-gratia payment to bring the total compensation up to $17 per square foot if the cash offer is accepted prior to the date of reversion. It is ex- pected that the majority of landowners will accept the exchange offer in which case the amount of cash compensation to be paid out will be reduced accordingly.
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Honourable Members will be asked to advise, under sec- tion 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 Stage IIA Development, Site Formation and River Training Works in Package 15 (Area 4 Phase II) Tuen Mun New Town,
(The District Officer, Tuen Mun (Mr NG Kwok-tai) will attend before the Council for the discussion of this item).
G.S. 84
24th August 1977
(ENV 95/77/19)
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