SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1980
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RENT OFFICER SCHEME IN TSUEN WAN POPULAR
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A RENT OFFICER SCHEME, INTRODUCED IN TSUEN WAN SEVEN MONTHS AGO IN RESPONSE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF LANDLORD AND TENANT ENQUIRIES BEING RECEIVED BY LOCAL PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES, IS PROVING POPULAR.
THE SCHEME, WHICH IS BEING OPERATED BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, HAD DEALT WITH 144 CASES BY THE END OF JUNE.
A RENT OFFICER FROM THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT SPENDS THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT - IN THE MORNING AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN HOI PA STREET AND IN THE AFTERNOON, AT THE KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN KWAI FONG CIRCUIT,
THE ENQUIRIES BEING DEALT WITH COVER SUCH MATTERS AS RENT, TENANCY AGREEMENTS AND DISPUTES, RATES AND RECOVERY OF PREMISES.
SO POPULAR IS THE SCHEME PROVING - THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER WHICH CAN BE HANDLED - THAT CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO EXTENDING THE SCHEME TO WHOLE DAYS IN BOTH CENTRES.
THERE ARE ALSO PROPOSALS TO EXTEND THE SCHEME TO OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE SCHEME WAS PUBLICISED INITIALLY THROUGH LOCAL
ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS RURAL COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, PRIOR TO IT BEING SET UP IN TSUEN WAN, LOCAL LANDLORDS AND TENANTS WISHING TO DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS HAD TO GO TO CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE URBAN AREAS,
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME STARTS FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE, TODAY (SUNDAY) CUT THE RIBBON AT A CEREMONY TO HERALD THE START OF MORE THAN 500 EVENTS OF THE CURRENT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
MRS DOE WAS AMONG THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OFFICIATING AT THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY VARIOUS PROGRAMMES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND COMPETITIVE GAMES AT THE LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE IN POKFULAM,
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT WERE ENTERTAINED TO A VARIETY SHOW, SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES, STALL GAMES, A SWIMMING GALA AND ARCHERY CONTESTS.
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