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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1976
ALL TENANTS MOVE OUT WITHOUT INCIDENT
FROM BUILDING IN NATHAN ROAD
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THE LAST OF 23 TENANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THIS MORNING FINISHED MOVING OUT OF A FIVE-STOREY TENEMENT BUILDING AT 221D AND 221E NATHAN ROAD, YAU MA TEI, AND THE GOVERNMENT LATER TOOK POSSESSION OF THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING MUST COME DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR WORK ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION LATER WILL REIMBURSE THE GOVERNMENT IN FULL FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESUMPTION.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: +EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION WAS GIVEN TO BOTH DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS OF THE BUILDING AT THE SAME RATES AS BEING GIVEN TO TENANTS OF TAI ON MANSION AND 205/205A SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, SHAM SHUI PO, BOTH OF WHICH ALSO MUST COME DOWN FOR WORK ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.
+COMMERCIAL TENANTS WERE GIVEN ABOUT $40 PER SQUARE FOOT AND DOMESTIC TENANTS ABOUT $20 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR BUSINESS AND LIVING ACCOMMODATION RESPECTIVELY, AND THE COMMERCIAL TENANTS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND, IF THEY SO WISH, TO APPEAL TO THE LANDS TRIBUNAL FOR AN INDEPENDENT RULING ON THEIR CASES.+
MOST OF THE DOMESTIC TENANTS ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSING HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOMES BUT A FEW DOMESTIC TENANTS RENOUNCED THEIR RIGHTS TO RE-HOUSING AND USED THEIR EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION TO MOVE PRIVATELY INTO OTHER ACCOMMODATION.
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS AGAIN REMINDED OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS ******
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS WERE AGAIN REMINDED TODAY (TUESDAY) OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO LODGE TRADE DECLARATIONS AND PAY AD VALOREM CHARGES WITHIN 14 DAYS OF IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SAID THAT UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS, IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY AD VALOREM CHARGES ON ALL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OTHER THAN THOSE CATEGORIES OF GOODS EXEMPTED UNDER REGULATION 3.
TRADE DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED OUTSIDE THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD OF 14 DAYS WILL BE LIABLE TO PENALTY CHARGES WHICH RISE AFTER TWO MONTHS TO A MAXIMUM OF $100 PER DECLARATION WHERE THE TOTAL VALUE OF ARTICLES SPECIFIED DOES NOT EXCEED $20,000, AND TO A MAXIMUM OF $200 PER DECLARATION WHERE THE TOTAL VALUE OF ARTICLES SPECIFIED EXCEEDS $20,000.
THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT PROSECUTIONS WILL BE INITIATED AGAINST THOSE WHO, WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE, FAIL TO LODGE THE NECESSARY TRADE DECLARATIONS.
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