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FM HONG KONG 160643Z JUL 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1010 OF 16 JULY.

YOUR TEL NO.534 : P.QS: LAND CLEARANCE FOR MASS TRANSIT

RAILWAY. SUGGESTED DRAFT REPLIES TO QUESTIONS:

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THE SAI LAU KOK AREA CONSISTS OF NINE BUILDINGS CONTAINING 339 FLATS AND 50 WORKSHOPS AND SHOPS. SAI LAU KOK FORMS ONLY PART

OF THE AREA BEING CLEARED FOR THE MASS TRANSIT DEPOT. THE REMAINDER CONSISTS MAINLY OF TEMPORARY LOW RISE DOMESTIC, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES WITH A POPULATION OF SOME 15,000. BEFORE IT WAS DECIDED TO BUILD THE MASS TRANSIT DEPOT IN THIS AREA IT WAS PLANNED TO CLEAR IT FOR NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERIOD UP TO

1984.

(C) THE RELEVANT QUOTATION FROM THE CONVENTION READS

''THERE WILL BE NO EXPROPRIATION OR EXPULSION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT INCLUDED WITHIN THE EXTENSION, AND THAT IF LAND IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC OFFICES, FORTIFICATIONS OR THE LIKE OFFICIAL PURPOSES, IT SHALL BE BOUGHT AT A FAIR PRICE.

LAND EXPROPRIATED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE

NORMALLY REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AND THE COMPENSATION PAYABLE IS DETERMINABLE BY THE LANDS TRIBUNAL UNDER A SET OF RULES SET OUT IN THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 124).

NOTE: IN THE PARTICULAR CASE OF THE TENEMENT BUILDINGS AT SAI LAU KOK, THE RESUMPTION WAS ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 276) AFTER THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TSUEN WAN EXTENSION AND AGREED TO THE SITING OF THE TSUEN WAN DEPOT

AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES.

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