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1. APART FROM THE VARIOUS ALLOWANCES, BONA FIDE OWNER/ OCCUPIERS (AND TENANTS) WHO DO NOT WISH TO BUY NEW FLATS ARE

GIBLE FOR PH UNLESS THEY ARE LIVING IN ILLEGAL ROOFTOP PENTHOUSES, IN WHICH CASE, UNDER HOUSING POLICY, THEY WILL BE REHOUSED IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.

J. THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER BEEN 'ORDERED' BY

THE GOVERNMENT TO CEASE SUPPLY OF FLUSHING WATER FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

K. THE PRESENCE OF POLICE IN SAI LAI KOK IS TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER AND PROTECT THE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE RATHER THAN TO SCRUTINIZE THE OWNERS. THIS IS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT

AND THE VACANT PREMISES MIGHT BE ABUSED BY TRESPASSERS.

THE POLICE ARE NOT PRESENT DURING MEASUREMENT OF SHOPS AND FLATS

UNLESS THE SURVEYING WORK IS BEING INTERRUPTED BY PEOPLE UNCONNECTED

WITH THE SHOPS/FLATS BEING SURVEYED. IN SUCH CASES THEY ARE

THERE IN SMALL NUMBERS TO PREVENT A BREACH OF THE PEACE.

L. THE LAND AND THE BUILDINGS STANDING REVERTED ON 12.11.78 TO

THE CROWN. FROM THAT DATE ONWARDS, AS IN ALL SUCH CASES, THE

TENANTS ARE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PAY RENT TO THEIR LANDLORDS,

ABSENTEE-OWNERS WHO HAVE NOT YET SETTLED THEIR COMPENSATION TERMS

WITH THE GOVERNMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR INTEREST COMPARABLE TO THE MARKET INTEREST RATE FROM THE REVERSION DATE TO THE DATE THEY

SIGN AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE CASH COMPENSATION. IN MOST CASES AT SAI LAU KOK, THE INTEREST THE OWNERS GET IS HIGHER THAN THE

RENT THEY WOULD HAVE GOT FROM THEIR TENANTS FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

M. THE NECESSARY PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE STREETS WITHIN THE

RESUMED AREA WAS GAZETTED ON 27.4.79 BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR

UNDER SECTION 10(1)(A) AND (B) OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY

(LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE. THIS ORDER ALLOWS CLOSURE, BUT THE STREETS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CLOSED. HAD THEY BEEN CLOSED, ANY PERSON WHOSE INTEREST IS AFFECTED BY THIS CLOSURE IS ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION AND MAY SUBMIT A CLAIM TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF

CLOSURE.

N. THE ISSUE OF LICENCES IS ALWAYS DEALT WITH BY THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR NORMAL PROCEDURES AND NO

DISCRIMINATION EXISTS.

MACLEHOSE

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MR MURRAY

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