HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY RA
PRESS RELEASE
新聞稿
Wednesday, July 23, 1975
MORE CONVENIENT RENT PAYMENT SYSTEM
FOR ESTATE TENANTS
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A new rent payment system will be introduced on a trial basis at two public housing estates Ma Tau Wei and Wo Lok on September 1, 1975.
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Under this new system, tenants provided with pay-in slipa by the Housing Authority will only have to pay their rents into a bank on their estate within a given time.
Staff of the estate office will then visit the tenants and endorse their rent card upon production of the bank receipt.
Commenting on the new rent payment system, a spokesman for the Housing Authority said that it would save tenants' time in waiting at home for estate staff to come and collect the rents and avoid risks in estate staff carrying large amounts of money around during rent collection.
"At the same time, the estate staff will still maintain their personal contact with the tenants which is essential to good estate management," the spokesman added.
The new system, if successful, might be extended to other public housing estates,
Letters containing details of the new rent payment system are being sent to the tenants of the two estates.