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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
To enable Members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) to discuss and exchange views with Heung Yee Kuk Councillors on matters of mutual interest, meetings have been arranged for LegCo Members to meet with Heung Yee Kuk Councillors regularly.
A meeting was held today (February 21) in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex for Members to meet with Heung Yee Kuk Councillors.
During the meeting, LegCo Members discussed and exchanged views with Heung Yee Kuk Councillors on issues relating to the land use planning policy and land development in the New Territories; issues relating to the New Territories small house policy and the difficulty in application for building small houses; the North East New Territories New Development Areas project and amending the existing laws on adverse possession of land (abolish certain relevant provisions in the Limitation Ordinance (Cap. 347)) to protect private property rights.
The meeting was convened by Mr Andrew Leung, Chairman of the LegCo House Committee, and attended by Mr Tam Yiu-chung, Mr Tommy Cheung, Mr Jeffrey Lam, Mr Wong Ting-kwong, Ms Starry Lee, Mr Chan Hak-kan, Mr Ip Kwok-him, Mr Paul Tse, Mr Alan Leong, Mr Ng Leung-sing, Mr Steven Ho, Mr Yiu Si-wing, Mr Gary Fan, Mr Ma Fung-kwok, Mr Chan Chi-chuen, Mr Chan Han-pan, Mr Leung Che-cheung, Mr Sin Chung-kai, Dr Elizabeth Quat, Dr Lo Wai-kwok and Mr Tony Tse.
Ends/Thursday, February 21, 2013
Issued at HKT 16:22
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