usual to grant a period of up to 6 months to vacate the area but it has nevertheless been necessary to take proceedings under Section 9(1) of the Summary Offences Ordinance and obtain an Order for clearance in a large number of cases.
130. With the envisaged erection of flatted factory buildings the necessity for small industrial permits is likely to become less.
Valuation & Resumption Office.
131. Valuations were made for the following purposes:
Resumptions under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance (Cap.124); Surrenders for Street and other improvements; Renewal of Crown Leases; Sale and Purchase of Land and Buildings by Government; Town Planning; Extensions to existing lots; Removal of Restrictive Covenants; etc.
132. In addition all hereditaments falling to be assessed for Estate Duty purposes were valued by this section, amounting in all to $89,448,677.00, and assistance in valuation matters was given to other Government Departments.
133. Work continued in the negotiation of surrenders for such purposes as Road Improvements, implementation of planning layouts, etc. The case for the Crown was presented before three Arbitration Boards formed to determine compensation payable under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance and preparatory work was done for Boards which may be convened for other resumptions gazetted during the year.
134. Assistance was given in drafting the Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Bill particularly the compensation clauses and in the preparation of the height control plan relating thereto.
Planning
135. The urban area was divided into 35 planning districts and plans were in various stages of preparation for 25 of these. In addition work was started on the planning of two additional districts in the New Territories.
136. The Outline Development Plans of North Point and Yaumati were approved in accordance with the Town Planning Ordinance. Outline Development Plans of Ma Tau Kok and
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usual to grant a period of up to 6 months to vacate the area but it has nevertheless been necessary to take proceedings under Section 9(1) of the Summary Offences Ordinance and obtain an Order for clearance in a large number of cases.
130. With the envisaged erection of flatted factory buildings the necessity for small industrial permits is likely to become less.
Valuation & Resumption Office.
131. Valuation were made for the following purposes:
Resumptions under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance (Cap. 124); Surrenders for Street and other improvements; Renewal of Crown Leases; Sale and Purchase of Land and Buildings by Government; Town Planning; Extensions to existing lots; Removal of Restrictive Covenants; etc.
132. In addition all hereditaments falling to be assessed for Estate Duty purposes were valued by this section, amounting in all to $89,448,677.00, and assistance in valuation matters was given to other Government Departments.
133. Work continued in the negotiation of surrenders for such purposes as Road Improvements, implementation of plan- ning layouts, etc. The case for the Crown was presented before three Arbitration Boards formed to determine compensation payable under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance and preparatory work was done for Boards which may be convened for other resumptions gazetted during the year.
134. Assistance was given in drafting the Hong Kong Air- port (Control of Obstructions) Bill particularly the compensation clauses and in the preparation of the height control plan relating thereto.
Planning
135. The urban area was divided into 35 planning districts and plans were in various stages of preparation for 25 of these. In addition work was started on the planning of two additional districts in the New Territories.
136. The Outline Development Plans of North Point and Yaumati were approved in accordance with the Town Planning Ordinance. Outline Development Plans of Ma Tau Kok and
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