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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1978
ASSESSING RATEABLE VALUE OF MODIFIED PREMISES
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UNAUTHORISED EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF A REASONABLY PERMANENT NATURE BUILT BY A LANDLORD OR TENANT ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN ASSESSING THE RATEABLE VALUE OF PREMISES, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
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HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. ROGER LOBO.
MR. HADDON-CAVE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN PREMISES ARE ASSESSED TO RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME, INSPECTORS OF THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT RECORD ALL MATERIAL EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS WHICH MIGHT AFFECT THE ASSESSMENT.
+ANY LATER EXTENSIONS OR MODIFICATIONS ARE NOTED BY INSPECTORATE STAFF DURING THE COURSE OF DAY TO DAY WORK, AND, IF WARRANTED, AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT IS MADE, HE EXPLAINED.
+OF COURSE, A THOROUGH CHECK ON THE PHYSICAL STATE OF PREMISES IS MADE DURING REVALUATIONS WHICH ARE NORMALLY CARRIED OUT EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS, AND THE NEW ASSESSMENTS WHICH FLOW THEREFROM REFLECT THE VALUE OF THE PREMISES IN THEIR MODIFIED OR EXTENDED FORM. +
POSTAL SERVICE IN NT
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A FURTHER 247 COMMUNAL LETTER BOXES ARE EXPECTED TO BE INSTALLED BY JUNE THIS YEAR IN VILLAGES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID JEAFFRESON SAID TODAY.
THE GREATER PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD THEN BE SERVED EITHER BY DOOR-TO-DOOR DELIVERY OR BY COMMUNAL LETTER BOXES. MR. JEAFFRESON SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON, CHARLES YEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE SAID THE DECISION TO INSTALL MORE COMMUNAL LETTER BOXES FOLLOWED A SURVEY BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL LAST YEAR TO SEE HOW THE POSTAL SERVICE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MIGHT BE IMPROVED.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS IN THE VILLAGES WHEREBY THE POST OFFICE DELIVERS MAILS FOR SOME VILLAGES BY ARRANGEMENT TO A CONVENIENT LOCATION, SUCH AS A LOCAL RICE SHOP, FROM WHERE VILLAGERS COLLECT THE IR LETTERS.
CONCERNING POSTAL SERVICE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES GENERALLY. MR. JEAFFRESON SAID AS IN OTHER PARTS OF HONG KONG, DOOR-TO-DOOR MAIL DELIVERY SERVICES WERE PROVIDED IN PLACES WHERE ROADS AND STREETS HAD OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED NAMES AND THE BUILDINGS WERE PROPERLY NUMBERED.
+THERE ARE THUS DELIVERY SERVICES IN ALL THE TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.