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Clearance of the Kowloon Walled City
Report on the Outcome of Discussions between the Political Adviser's Office and the Hong Kong Branch of the Xinhua News Agency.
The question of the clearance of the Kowloon Walled City was discussed by the Political Adviser, and his Deputy, and the Deputy Secretary (Special Duties) and the Deputy Secretary General of the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch and his representatives between 13 September 1986 and January 1987. These contacts followed discussions in the fourth meeting of the Joint Liaison Group in July 1986, which provided an excellent basis for the settlement of the problem. Both sides approached the matter in a practical spirit and sought to avoid reopening sensitive questions. As a result of those discussions the following arrangements for the clearance have been decided.
Clearance Programme
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The entire area of the Kowloon Walled City will be cleared and not rebuilt. The area will be developed as a park, with appropriate park-related community facilities. The residents will be rehoused elsewhere, mainly in nearby parts of Urban Kowloon. The clearance will be handled in three phases over a period of three years. Broadly, the timetable will be as follows:
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January 1987. Public Announcement by Hong Kong Government, to be followed instantly by a one-day "freezing" survey to establish the occupancy and use of premises on that day. Chinese Government press statement in Peking.
January to December 1987. Detailed survey and follow-up work to determine status of occupants,
ownership of interests in property and to gather
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compensation, rehousing etd
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