TNAG-2319-FCO40-3363-Petitions-from-members-of-the-public-regarding-Hong-Kong-1991 — Page 129

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Penny,

Pse prepare for

Mr Lennox-Boyd's return.

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PS/Lord Caithness

PS/Mr Lennox Boyd

I submit a draft

reply.

G Coglin

Austin Staunton Esq

The Morecambe and Heysham

Citizens Advice Bureau

42 Poulton Road

Morecambe

Lancashire LA4 5HB

Cc: Mr Paul

Thank you for your letter of 15 March replying to my letter of 1 November, on behalf of Mr Lau Yam-Hei of the Mandarin Restaurant, 2 Bowers Lane, Heysham, Lancashire, about his claim for compensation from the Hong Kong

Government.

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As you know, we asked the Building and Lands Department of the Hong Kong Government to look into Mr Lau's case. Department has now informed us that under Hong Kong law Mr Lau's claim is, unfortunately, no longer valid. section 17 of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, compensation must be claimed within five years of the date of its award. Compensation was awarded in respect of the land owned by Mr Lau's father in August 1974. As the claim period elapsed in August 1979, Mr Lau's claim is now "out of

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