TNAG-0912-FCO40-1122-Policy-on-housing-and-resettlement-in-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 15

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 531 OF 24 JULY

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HOUSE OF COMMONS EARLY DAY MOTION: ARBITRARY EVICTIONS IN HONG KONG

1. THE FOLLOWING EARLY DAY MOTION, SUPPORTED BY 26 LABOUR MPS, HAS

BEEN TABLED:

QUOTE: THAT THIS HOUSE, DEEPLY CONCERNED AT THE RESUMPTION ORDER

ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG IN RESPECT OF THE RESIDENTIAL

BUILDING AT SAI LAU KOK TO THE EFFECT THAT OVER A HUNDRED FAMILIES

MUST VACATE THEIR HOMES BY 31 JULY, WITHOUT EQUIVALENT ALTERNATIVE

ACCOMMODATION OR COMPENSATION SUFFICIENT TO PURCHASE EQUIVALENT ACCOMMODATION BEING OFFERED, IN ORDER TO ALLOW DEMOLITION TO COMMENCE CALLS UPON HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE FORTHWITH TO POSTPONE THE ORDER UNTIL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE OWNER-OCCUPIERS HAVE

BEEN CONCLUDED IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER. UNQUOTE:

2. WE ARE TO PROVIDE DRAFT REASON (NO MORE THAN THREE SENTENCES) WHY THE MOTION SHOULD NOT BE DEBATED BY NOON ON 25 JULY. WE INTEND TO

DO SO BY REFERENCE TO THE PQS THAT WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.

WE SHOULD HOWEVER BE GRATEFUL FOR AN UP-TO-DATE REPORT ON PROGRESS

OF DISCUSSIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, DESKBY 250800Z.

CARRINGTON

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