HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY #BESA
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Sunday, March 28, 1976
NEW RENTS FOR GROUP "B" ESTATE SHOPS
To Be Effected From April 1
The Housing Department stated today (Sunday) that it will
accept only the new rents from Group B tenants as from April 1.
A very small rent increase on all shops and restaurants in
Group B public housing estates that are let on month-to-month
tenancies was announced by the Housing Authority in early February.
A spokesman for the department advised that tenants should
pay the rent in person to the Housing Department staff or by post to
their respective estate offices.
Notices to tenants reminding them of the procedure for
rent payments will be delivered tomorrow (Monday).
It will point out to tenants that in their own interest,
they should pay. their rents at the new rate on due date as failure would constitute a breach of their tenancy conditions which could
place their tenancy and its attendant privileges at risk.
Commenting on newspaper reports that certain persons have
been persuading shop tenants not to pay their rents direct to the Housing Department but through an agent, the spokesman warned:
"The department has never authorised any agent, other than
its own staff, to collect rents, and payments through unauthorised
persons or organisations will not be accepted."
Turning to the new rents, the spokesman said they only
represented 1/8 to 1/4 of the normal commercial rents.
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