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PQS: LAND CLEARANCE FOR MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY
See (54).
1. MR FRANK HOOLEY MP (LABOUR · SHEFFIELD, HEELEY) HAS
TABLED THE FOLLOWING EIGHT QUESTIONS FOR PRIORITY
WRITTEN ANSWER BY THE LORD PRIVY SEAL ON THURSDAY
17 JULY:
A) HOW MANY DWELLINGS HAVE BEEN EXPROPRIATED DY THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO BUILD A DEPOT AT
SAI LAU KOK FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY:
B) HOW MANY SHOPS OR COMMERCIAL PREMISES HAVE BEEN
EXPROPRIATED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN ORDER
TO BUILD A DEPOT AT SAI LAU KOK FOR THE MASS TRANSIT
RAILWAY.
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C) WHAT ARE THE PRECISE TERMS OF THE TREATY OF PEKING 1898
RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR LAND EXPROPRIATED IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES OF HONG KONG: AND WHAT MACHINERY EXISTS TO
ENSURE THAT THESE TERMS ARE OBSERVED:
D) WHAT IS THE BASIS OF VALUATION OF PRIVATE DWELLINGS OR
SHOPS EXPROPRIATED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR
CLEARANCE OR DEMOLITION:
E) WHAT INDEPENDENT TRIBUNAL EXISTS TO DETERMINE FAIR
COMPENSATION TO OWNERS OF DWELLINGS OR SHOPS WHICH ARE
EXPROPRIATED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT:
F) WHAT ARRANGEMENTS EXIST TO RE-HOUSE PERSONS WHOSE DWELLINGS
ARE EXPROPRIATED AND THEN DEMOLISHED BY THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT IN PURSUANCE OF PLANNING POLICIES:
G) WHAT PROFITS HAVE BEEN MADE: (A) Y THE GOVERNMENT AND
(E) BY PRIVATE SPECULATORS OUT OF THE EXPROPRIATION AND
SUBSEQUENT REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND AND PROPERTY IN THE
COURSE OF PROVIDING FOUR DEPOTS FOR THE MASS TRANSIT
RAILWAY IN HONG "ONG:
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