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Wednesday, March 15, 1972
It would be a hardship on the developer to have to pay rates even
before he had time to sell his vacant premises and therefore, he considered
it only equitable to give the developer a period of time to enable him to sell
his premises before rates became payable.
He suggested that a period of 6 to 12 months would be sufficient
for that purpose and there should be a condition that once the premises were
sold for the first time then rates whether the premises were vacant or not,
were payable at half rate from the date of sale. He also suggested as an
additional condition that the half rate principle should apply after 12 months
had elapsed from the granting of the Occupation Permits by the Public Works
Department even if the developer had not sold all his flats. In the case
of an unscruplous landlord deliberately leaving his premises vacant in order
to get higher rentals, Mr. Woo said he agreed that rates should be payable
and no concession should be given.
Pay And Allowances
On the existing rate of pay and allowances for Auxiliary Units.
Mr. Woo said it was only equitable that these should be revised in the light
of raises in salaries received by civil servants sinee April 1, 1967.
He pointed out that it should be accepted that a man or a woman who
was called out for service with his or her Auxiliary Unit and had to tako
unpaid leave from his or her normal employment should not lose out on pay
and travelling expenses,
The rates