New Regulations Drawn Up In Capital Nanking, Aug. 23.
Vigorous steps are being takea by the Government against undeveloped
Chungshan Road, the main thorough= land in the, capital, especially along fare of Nanking. Owners of undeveloped land along the road are given six months to construct bulld-ings over their property, or land will be taken over by the Municipal Government at a price to be Axed by the authorities, The Municipal authorities are dissatisfied with the fact that there has been very little building construction along the Chungshan Road, especially the section between Yi Chiang th Gate and the Drum Tower, 'This is mostly due to the exorbitant prices: fixed by owners of land along the road. As a result persons who are ready to put up buildings are' Prevented from doing so. In order to encourage building construction in the capital and to take suitable action against undeveloped land here, the Municipal Government has issued an order that beginning from July 16, 1934, all owners of undeveloped land within thirty metres fon both sides of Chungshan Road must register their property with the Municipal Government within four months and must take out building construction permits from the same office within two months. At the end of six months when construction work has not yet been started, the Municipal Government will take over such land at prices to be fixed by the Government.
The matter was recently referred to General Chiang Kal-hel and instructions have been received from the Generalissimo to proceed with the proposed programme—Reuter.
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