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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1975.
RATING FORMS FOR PROPOSED NEW RATING AREAS IN N.T.
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THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT WILL START SENDING FORMS OF REQUISITION FOR PARTICULARS OF TENEMENTS TO OWNERS OF PREMISES IN FIVE PROPOSED NEW RATING AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ABOUT 7,500 COPIES OF THIS INFORMATION-SEEKING FORM, KNOWN AS FORM R. 1A, WILL BE SENT NEXT MONDAY (JANUARY 13) TO OWNERS OF PREMISES IN YUEN LONG, TAI PO, LUEN WO MARKET, ON LOK TSUEN AND SHEK WU HUI.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT SAID MORE OF THIS FORM WOULD BE SENT TO OWNERS OF PREMISES IN CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, TUEN MUN, AND SHA TIN OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
THE FORM IS AIMED AT OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE OF OCCUPATION AND RENTAL PARTICULARS OF PREMISES IN THESE PROPOSED NEW RATING AREAS.
RECIPIENTS OF THIS FORM ARE ALSO REQUESTED TO COMPLETE AN ENCLOSED SIMPLE FORM SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE RENTAL PARTICULARS OF THE PREMISES OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID. THE R. 1A FORM.
IN MOST CASES, WOULD NOT
BE SENT TO OWNERS WHO HAD ALREADY COMPLETED FORM R 16 SENT BY THE DEPARTMENT LAST NOVEMBER AND HAD STATED THAT THE PREMISES WERE OCCUPIED BY THEMSELVES.
HE ADDED THAT THE FORM R 1A WAS A SPECIFIED FORM ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE RATING ORDINANCE AND URGED THE RECIPIENTS TO RETURN IT FULLY AND CORRECTLY COMPLETED WITHIN THE TIME LAID DOWN.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID +ANYONE IN DOUBT AS HOW TO COMPLETE THE FORM SHOULD CALL AT. OR TELEPHONE THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE AT 1, GARDEN ROAD (5-249021) WHERE ASSISTANCE WILL GLADLY BE GIVEN.+
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