FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1975.
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PROPOSED CHANGES IN LANDLORD AND TENANT LEGISLATION
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THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1975 WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION.
THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE BILL IS TO PERMIT LANDLORDS AND PRINCIPAL TENANTS OF PRE-WAR PREMISES, CONTROLLED UNDER PART 1 OF THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE, TO INCREASE RENT EITHER WHERE RATES BORNE BY THEM ARE INCREASED ÖR WHERE RATES ARE NEWLY IMPOSED AND BORNE BY THEM.
COMMENTING ON THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, +LANDLORDS AND PRINCIPAL TENANTS OF PRE-WAR PREMISES SUBJECT TO THE RENT CONTROL LEGISLATION WILL BE ABLE TO OFFSET ANY INCREASE IN THEIR FUTURE RATES LIABILITY, AFTER APRIL 1, 1975, BY MAK I NG A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN RENT.
+OCCUPIERS OF PRE-WAR PREMISES WILL THUS BE BROUGHT INTO LINE WITH OCCUPIERS OF POST-WAR PREMISES IN RESPECT OF THEIR LIABILITY FOR RATES WHICH, BASICALLY, ARE A CHARGE ON OCCUPIERS.+
HE POINTED OUT HOWEVER THAT TENANTS AND SUB-TENANTS LIABLE FOR SUCH RENT INCREASE HAD TO BE SERVED WITH A NOTICE SPECIFYING THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE AND THE DATE FROM WHICH IT BECAME EFFECTIVE.
THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY FORMS AVAILABLE TO LANDLORDS AND PRINCIPAL TENANTS FREE OF CHARGE.
+WHERE PREMISES ARE NOT SEPERATELY ASSESSED TO RATES ASSISTANCE WILL BE GIVEN BY THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION IN DEALING WITH APPORTIONMENTS OF RATES CHARGES AND ANY OTHER PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PRE-WAR BUILDING IN N.T. DECLARED DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED THE STORE OF THE OLD KWONG PUI SCHOOL PREMISES, TAI PO TSAI, CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, HANG HAU, NEW TERRITORIES, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THIS SMALL TWO-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDING WITH SINGLE STOREY ADDITIONS HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION FOR SOME TIME IN VIEW OF ITS ADVANCED AGE AND SERIOUSLY DETERIORATED CONDITION.
AS THE BULGED MAIN LOAD BEARING STONE WALLS OF LOOSE CONSTRUCTION SHOWED SIGNS OF RECENT MOVEMENT AND OF NEW FRACTURES, HE ADDED, IT WAS NOW NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING WHICH IS ON CROWN LAND AND WHICH UNTIL RECENTLY HAS BEEN IN USE AS A SCHOOL STORE AND CARETAKERS QUARTER.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT AT 10 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 3, 1975 WAS POSTED TODAY.
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