IN THE MATTERof an application by the Attorney General of Hong Kong for leave to apply for an Order of Certiorari v IN THE MATTERof an Award made on the 13th day of January 1971 by the Compensation Board appointed under Gazette Notification 524 dated the 6th day of March 1970 pursuant to the provisions of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance (Chapter 124)

Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000104/1971 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 August 1971.

1. In May 1969, the Governor-in-Council decided that 195 lots of land in Survey District II, Kowloon, were required for a public purpose, namely the construction of Stage II of the Lung Cheung Road Extension. In exercise of the powers conferred by s.3 of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance Cap. 124, it was ordered that the lots be resumed and revert to the Crown and that compensation be paid in the manner provided by the Ordinance. A notice to this effect was published in the Hong Kong Governme

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