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Prepared by:

Secretary of

the Kuk

MEMO

To: The Chairman,

Vice-Chairman

Date: 20/11/1979, at 4 pm

Mr. Peter Webb paying visit to

Heung Yee Kuk

Office of the Kuk, 47 Cumberland Rd., Kowloon.

20th Nov., 1979, 5 pm

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Date

2.

Place

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Mr. Peter Webb, Desk Officer of Hong Kong Section in Foreign Affairs, being accompanied by 3 officers of N. T. Administration, including a liaison Officer.

Six Points out of the Memo being prepared for submitting to Sir Paul Bryan, Head of the Delegation of M Ps to Hong:

Kong at the end of October, 1979.

(1)

土地

(2)

賠償

移民

醫療

交通

立法局議席

The compensation for land, resumed in development area by the Government from N. T. people, is too

low to be accepted, if compared with the market price.

The current law as to the principles of assessing compensation on the compulsory acquisition of land contained in Sec.12 of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, Chap.124, should be amended. Such as: (a)

(b)

Nocompensation shall be given in respect of any expectancy or probability of the Grant or re- newal or continuance, by the Crown or by any person, of any licence, permission, lease or permit whatso ever.

....the value of the land resumed shall be ta- ken to be the amount which the land if sold in the open market might be expected to realize.

(3) How unfair it is to get proceeds out of buildings built on the lands resumed by the Government from N. T. people.

(4) Hong Kong is known as one of the smallest Colonies

of Great Britain, and N. T., being continually admi- nistered by Britain, is most extraordinary interna- tional phenomenon. There are about 40 thousand over- seas N. T. Villagers earning their living in Britain.

In view of her Immigration law, bye-laws, going to be strictly executed,

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'expectedly to give influence both the N.T. people living there and their dependents in Hong Kong who wishes to live with their parents too. We sincerely hope for the tender care of our parent Countryto give special treatment to the Colony people, especially to those of N. T.

(5) Remedies be made to the wanting of sufficient hospitals,

clinics, maturnity wards, in N. T.

Public traffic services must be also strengthened for the benefit of N. T. commuters.

(6) For the time being, N.T. population reaches a record ever of 1.5 million, owing to the active development in many directions. Since Heung Yee Kuk generally re- presents the opinion of N. T., the Government is duty- bound to appoint some long-standing members of the Kuk to be members of the Legislative Council.

It is good

for the LEGCO to have a well balance in administration and not to have N. Ti overlooked.