ON
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1976
THE REPORT CONTINUES: +SIMILARLY,
THE SCHEME FOR THE SHARING
OF FACILITIES AND SITES AT TRANSMITTING STATIONS HAD PROVED A PRACTICAL AND WORKABLE ARRANGEMENT. +
IT ADDS, HOWEVER, THE BOARD HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT TECHNIAL STANDARDS AND QUALITY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE ADN REQUESTED THE P.M.G. TO ESTABLISH A TECHNICAL MONITORING AND SURVEY SERVICE IN PARALLEL WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDED
BY THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY TO MONITOR PROGRAMME CONTENT.
CONCESSION FOR NEW DOMESTIC PREMISES EXTENDED
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THE PRESENT CONCESSION, THROUGH WHICH ALL NEW DOMESTIC PREMISES COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1977 ARE TEMPORARILY EXEMPTED FROM CONTROLS OVER RENTS AND TENURE, WILL BE EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON. D.P.H. LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG. HE SAID HE WAS GLAD TO SEE A MARKED REVIVAL OF CONFIDENCE IN PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, BUT ADDED IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO SAY TO WHAT EXTENT THIS WAS DUE TO NATURAL CYCLICAL INFLUENCES, OR TO THE OLD CONCESSION.
HOWEVER, MR. LIAO SAID, IT WAS IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS SHOULD MAKE THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE EFFORT IN THESE TIMES, BECAUSE A BIGGER SUPPLY OF HOUSING WAS THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON LEGISLATION REGULATING RENTS AND SECURITY OF TENURE.
+IN THIS SITUATION WE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GIVE EVERY POSSIBLE ENCOURAGEMENT TO DEVELOPERS AND PURCHASERS OF FLATS, HE SAID.
MR. LIAO SAID IT HAD BEEN THEREFORE DECIDED THAT ALL NEW DOMESTIC PREMISES COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31, 1978 WOULD, FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THE OCCUPATION PERMIT. ENJOY FIVE YEARS' FREEDOM FROM ANY CONTROLS OVER RENT AND SECURITY OF TENURE THAT MIGHT THEN BE IN FORCE.