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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 3, FEBRUARY 11, 1949.
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Evidence
to enable declaration
to be made.
Maximum capacity of private
rooms.
Additional charge for children.
Reservation
accommo-
dation for
Hong Kong
residents.
to act in such behalf for such employer or by such other person as may be able to produce evidence satisfactory to the Quartering Authority.
5, The Quartering Authority shall not make a declaration that a person is a Hong Kong resident unless he is satisfied by such evidence as he shall deem sufficient either that such a person has resided in Hong Kong for a consecutive period of not less than six months preceding the making of any such declaration or that the period if any during which he has resided in Hong Kong preceding the making of such declaration will together with the period for which he intends to stay in Hong Kong aggregate to not less than six months.
6. The manager of any hotel listed in Column I of the First Schedule and any person concerned in the management of such a hotel shall not allow any private room to be occupied by more than its maximum capacity: Provided that a child under the age of ten years may be accommodated over and above such maximum capacity at the request of the parent or guardian of such child.
7. An additional charge may be made when a child under the age of ten years is so accommodated in a room already occupied to maximum capacity by persons over the age of ten years. Such additional charge shall not exceed half the rate paid by one person over the age of ten years in such a room: Provided that where neither bed or bedding is supplied by the hotel there shall be no additional charge for the accommodation in this manner of a child under the age of three years,
8. (1) The manager of every hotel listed in Column I of the of particular First Schedule shall reserve for the use of Hong Kong residents such portion of its total accommodation other than its public rooms as is in the case of each such hotel mentioned in Column II of such Schedule and the manager shall within seven days of the coming into force of these regulations submit to the Quartering Authority a statement in Form 2 in the Third Schedule hereto. Such rooms shall not be used for the accommodation of guests other than Hong Kong residents without the consent of the Quartering Authority.
(2) If after the receipt of any such statement the Quarter- ing Authority is of the opinion that the allocation made by the manager in such statement as aforesaid is defective in that it does not comply with the requirements of this regulation or that the allocation made by the manager in such statement is in his opinion unsuitable the Quartering Authority may serve by post a notice on the manager informing him of such opinion and calling upon him to amend the allocation made by the statement in manner indicated by such notice. If the manager fails within seven days after the receipt of such notice to agree to such amendment or to reply to such notice the Quartering Authority shall apply the procedure prescribed in the Fourth Schedule hereto.
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(1) The rates for the accommodation of Hong Kong Maximum residents shall relate to the types of rooms specified in the Second rates for the Schedule hereto and, subject to sub-regulation 3 of this regulation, dation of shall not exceed the rates prescribed in Column III of the Fifth Hong Kong Schedule,
(2) Such rates shall apply from the date upon which a Hong Kong resident declares in writing addressed to the manager his intention to stay in the hotel for a period of not less than four weeks: Provided that such rates shall not be applicable if a Hong Kong resident, notwithstanding the making of a declaration aforesaid, leaves the hotel before the expiry of the said period.
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(3) The consent of the Quartering Authority may be obtained, upon application in writing by the manager, for the rates prescribed in Column III of the Fifth Schedule to be exceeded for particular rooms having extra amenities: Provided that any such permitted increase shall not exceed the figure specified in Column IV of the said Schedule.
(4) No charge shall be made to a Hong Kong resident for any service other than a service in respect of which a charge is prescribed by these regulations: Provided that--
(a) a charge may be made for the service of meals elsewhere than in the appropriate public rooms;
(b) a charge may be made for the provision of air conditioning or for the electricity used by an air conditioning apparatus.
residents.
10. The manager of every hotel and every person concerned in Obligation the management of such hotel shall supply or cause to be supplied to supply the services normally supplied in such hotel on the 31st day of services. July, 1948, and shall furnish particulars of such services in writing to the Quartering Authority.
11. The rates which Hong Kong residents may be charged Rates for for the use of electricity other than for lighting shall not exceed electricity. the amounts specified in the Sixth Schedule except that where separate meters are installed the charge shall be based on the actual electricity consumed as shown by the meter readings.
12. A Hong Kong resident shall be entitled to be provided Meals. according to a Residents' Menu with breakfast, lunch and dinner Hong Kong for a total weekly charge not exceeding $38.50: Provided that residents. such Hong Kong resident has agreed that such weekly charge may be added to the accommodation charge payable by him.
13. In every room reserved for Hong Kong residents there Display of shall be prominently displayed a card stating that such room is cards in so reserved and showing the maximum accommodation charge rooms allowed by these regulations for that particular room together reserved for with the maximum charges permitted for services specified in the Hong Kong Sixth Schedule and the maximum capacity as specified in the Second Schedule.
residents.