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IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO, MR AKERS-JONES SAID THIS TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY INTENSIVE AND SUSTAINED EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
+DISTRICT OFFICERS AND THEIR STAFF ARE IN DIRECT TOUCH WITH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS, OWNERS CORPORATIONS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO ENLIST THEIR HELP IN BRINGING HOME THE MESSAGE.
+ IN ADDITION, DISTRICT OFFICERS ALSO DISTRIBUTE APPEAL LETTERS, LEAFLETS, POSTERS AND BANNERS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM SPREAD OF THE MESSAGE, HE REPORTED.
HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS PRACTICE AND THAT DISTRICT OFFICERS WOULD CONTINUE TO ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THE TASK OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT.
CASH FOR CLEARED SQUATTER WORKSHOP OPERATORS
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OPERATORS OF SQUATTER WORKSHOPS RECEIVE GENEROUS EX-GRATIA CASH COMPENSATION UPON DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES AND MOST ARE ABLE TO FIND ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON DONALD LIAO, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HARRY FANG.
MR LIAO SAID THAT IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, ONLY EIGHT PER CENT OF SQUATTER WORKSHOPS CLEARED REQUIRED REPROVISIONING IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S FLATTED FACTORIES,
+THERE ARE NO GROUNDS TO OFFER THIS SMALL MINORITY EXTRA CONCESSIONS IN THE FORM OF RENT BELOW MARKET LEVEL, HE SAID.
HE SAID FLATTED FACTORY RENTS HAD BEEN SET AT MARKET LEVEL BY PUTTING OUT A NUMBER OF UNITS TO TENDER, TO ASSESS THE MARKET VALUE AS EACH NEW FACTORY BUILDING WAS COMPLETED.
+THIS METHOD IS USED BECAUSE THE TYPE OF SMALL, SPECIALLY DESIGNED UNITS EACH WITH A FLOOR SPACE OF 25 SQUARE METRES PRODUCED BY THE AUTHORITY ARE NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND THERE IS THEREFORE NO BASIS FOR ASSESSING COMPARABLE RENTS. HE SAID.
MR LIAO SAID IT WAS THE INTENTION THAT RENTS FOR FACTORY BUILDINGS SHOULD IN FUTURE BE UPDATED BY TENDERING EXERCISES AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
+THUS, ANY MOVEMENT IN MARKET RENT WILL BE REFLECTED IN TENDERS RECEIVED, WHICH WILL IN TURN SET THE LEVEL FOR NEW RENTS, HE SAID.
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