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Urban Council, has written to the Private Secretary to ask if the Secretary of State will receive a delegation representing

owners of properties due to be cleared to make way for the Mass

Transit Railway. They claim that they have been offered

inadequate compensation.

Recommendation

2. There is no need for Ministers to receive the delegation,

who are only here until 16 July. I recommend that I should tell

Mrs Elliott that the Secretary of State's programme is full and

that he has asked me to see the visitors on his behalf.

Background

3. The construction of the Mass Transit Railway has involved

the clearance of a good deal of property in the urban areas of

Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Government make every effort to provide

alternative accommodation for those concerned, and to pay adequate

compensation to property owners. But problems inevitably arise.

The background to the visit of this delegation is set out in

Hong Kong telegram No 618 to the Hong Kong Government Office.

11 July 1979

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