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TELEGRAM NUMBER 534 OF 13 JULY

PQS: LAND CLEARANCE FOR MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY

1. MR FRANK HOOLEY MP (LABOUR

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HKCK 300/2

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 BY 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) BY THE GOVERNMENT AND

(3) 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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(H).