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Northern Metropolitan Area | Niu Tamwei Village exploded in land dispute, the village chief said that the fish pond was destroyed and the loss amounted to hundreds of thousands

2022-08-12T16:04:10.479Z


In last year's policy address, the Government mentioned the "Northern Metropolitan Area Development Strategy", which plans to develop the New Territories North and Yuen Long to increase housing supply. Ngau Tam Village, Yuen Long, which was included in the metropolitan area, re-occurred today (12th)


In last year's policy address, the Government mentioned the "Northern Metropolitan Area Development Strategy", which plans to develop the New Territories North and Yuen Long to increase housing supply.

A land dispute arose again today (12th) in Niu Tam Village, Yuen Long, which was included in the metropolitan area. The fish pond of its village head, Zhou Guixian, was broken into by workers of unknown origin and filled with dredgers.


Zhou Guixian pointed out to "Hong Kong 01" that the place has been rented since his parents, and since the owner changed hands last year, there has been no consensus on the issue of relocation recently.

He criticized the owner's method of destroying first and then building, trying to drive out their family of nine, estimating that the damage to the destroyed fish pond amounted to hundreds of thousands of yuan.

"Quiet chicken destroys the shit, and digs up the dragon!"


The land is leased by the fathers to the original residents but the documents are owed

Zhou Guixian, the village head of Ngau Tam Village in Yuen Long, has been living in this village since he was born, and he makes a living by farming.

The Zhou family of nine, three generations lived together in the ancestral house for more than 60 years. In front of the house is about 100,000 square feet of farmland, including four fish ponds.

However, the land was leased by the fathers from the original resident Wen Shi. It was a non-term lease, and the land use rights were exchanged for the harvest of crops. It was only a verbal promise, and there was no evidence in black and white.

Until a year ago, Zhou Guixian said that suddenly the developer informed that it had reached an agreement with the original owner and completed the acquisition. Since then, he has negotiated with the developer on the issue of demolition, but no consensus has been reached. On May 21 this year, a worker The farmland was destroyed with a shovel, involving banana fields and wells. Eventually, the police had to call the police for help, and the workers were willing to stop work and leave the site.

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A group of workers dumped construction waste and called the police to stop work

But Zhou again told "Hong Kong 01" this afternoon that three months later, at about 8 am this morning, about 4 workers and 2 dredgers destroyed farmland, dumped construction waste, and even filled a fish pond. His family immediately stopped him when he found out.

"Quiet chickens destroyed the pond and dug up the dragons!" He pointed out that the workers involved were vague and unwilling to name their employers or institutions, but asked their family to provide the registration certificate of the fish pond, so he decided to call the police again. Ask for help and notify the EPD about the incident.

Zhou said that after the police arrived and after mediation, they believed that the site was not within the scope of the site. If the construction continued, it would be damage to other people's property, and the workers eventually left the site.

He pointed out that his fish ponds have been registered with the Agriculture and Fisheries Department since his father's generation, and one of them has been leveled, involving infrastructure and equipment such as electric wires, pumps, and many pond fish. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of yuan have been lost.

Hope to receive reasonable compensation of 2 million yuan or resettlement to new land

Zhou emphasized that it is not that he is unwilling to move out of the current location, but only hopes to obtain reasonable compensation, which is about 2 million yuan per square foot price; or to relocate their family, such as renting land to continue farming.

He was dissatisfied with the new owners' "overbearing" intentional destruction of farmland due to lack of communication, trying to drive out their family of nine by destroying them first and then building them.

Police advise the complainant to follow the civil direction

The police responded tonight that they received a report from a woman surnamed Zhou at 9:38 this morning, alleging that someone claimed that a government agency had been assigned to the local area to build transitional housing with wooden planks, causing nuisance to her family's fish pond during the process. As a result, both parties felt dissatisfied and quarreled.

After the police arrived at the scene, the atmosphere was calm and no one was injured.

Ngau Tam Mei Village has not negotiated compensation for land repossession. The shovel truck destroyed the farmland without warning. The village chief, Zhou Guixian, called the government to expand the Ngau Tam Mei Water Treatment Plant. It is expected that before 2024, the landowner will enter the New World SHKP Ngau Tam Mei project to build another 11,000 units, which is more than 36 times more than the original plan

Source: hk1

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