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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1974
RATES IN SIX ESTATES TO GO UP FROM JULY 1
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TENANTS OF SIX PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WELL HAVE TO PAY A FEW DOLLARS MORE EACH MONTH AS A RESULT OF INCREASED RATES.
THE INCREASE, RANGING FROM $4 TO $7, WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM JULY 1. IT WILL CONCERN TENANTS OF FUK LOI, SHEK YAM, LEI MUK SHUE, KWAI HING, KUAI FONG AND KHAI SHING ESTATES.
+AS RENT FOR ALL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IS INCLUSIVE OF RATES, TENANTS MUST NOT MISTAKE THIS INCREASE AS AN ADJUSTMENT IN RENT,+ A HOUSING DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED.
THE INCREASE OF RATES FROM 11 PER CENT TO 15 PER CENT OF THE RATEABLE VALUE FOR PREMISES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS PROPOSED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS 1974-75 BUDGET SPEECH AND PASSED LATER BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THOUGH THE INCREASE BECAME EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 1, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY DECIDED TO BEAR THE COST OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $340,000, INSTEAD OF RECOVERING THIS SUM FROM TENANTS.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT 13 NOW PREPARING NOTICES TO TENANTS INFORMING THEM OF THE INCREASED RATES BEGINNING JULY 1. THESE NOTICES WILL BE DESPATCHED AS SOON AS POSSIZLE.
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EXHIBITION ON VELFARE SERVICOS IN TSZ VAN SHAN
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AN EXHIBITION IS TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK IN THE TSZ WAN SHAN HOUSING ESTATE TO INTRODUCE TO THE RESIDENTS THE VARIETY OF WELFARE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED IN THE AREA BY BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.
THE EXHIBITION, INITIATED BY THE SOCIAL VELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE IN THE ESTATE, VILL CONSIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS, AND MODELS, SO THAT TENANTS CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESOURCES PROVIDED WHICH THEY CAN MAKE USE OF EVERYDAY.
FROM THE EXHIBITION TREY VILL ALSO BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW AN ORGANISATION OPERATES IN THE DISTRICT AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, LEADING TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR SURROUNDING CONDITIONS.
THE PARTICIPATING BODIES IN THE EXHIBITION ARE FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS AND INCLUDE VELFARE ORGANISATIONS, YOUTH CENTRES, LIBRARIES, NURSERIES AND MEDICAL SERVICES.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT THE HALL OF THE TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATE VELPACE BUILDING FROM MONDAY, HAY 27 TO SATURDAY, JUNE 1 FROM 10.00 A.. TO 9.00 P.H. DAILY.
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