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* CLAUSE 11 WILL BE AMENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE BENEFIT OF
THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PROTECTED TENANCY AS A RESULT OF THE DEATH OF THE TENANT WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE TENANT'S FAMILY WHO WERE RESIDING WITH THE TENANT AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH THIS WILL PREVENT THE PERPETUAL TRANSMISSION OF PROTECTED TENANCIES.
* CLAUSE 15(G) WILL ALSO BE AMENDED TO ENSURE THAT A
SUB-TENANT WHO BECOMES THE TENANT OF A LANDLORD UNDER THE NEW SUBSECTIONS (4A) AND (48) OR SUBSECTION (6A) MAY NOT SUBLET WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE LANDLORD - THIS IS TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THE PROPOSED NEW SUBSECTIONS.
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CLAUSES 15(H) AND 37(A) WILL BE AMENDED TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO IN RESPECT OF THE PERIOD OF PROHIBITION ON ALIENATION OF REPOSSESSED PREMISES - THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER FOR POSSESSION AND NOT 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF OBTAINING VACANT POSSESSION AS PROPOSED IN THE BILL.
* CLAUSES 24(B) AND 25 WILL BE AMENDED SO THAT THE
COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION MAY REQUIRE FROM LANDLORDS AND TENANTS ONLY SUCH PARTICULARS WHICH ARE REASONABLY REQUIRED, AND A PERSON WILL ONLY COMMIT AN OFFENCE IF HE REFUSES WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE TO FURNISH SUCH PARTICULARS.
MR WONG ADDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO AGREED TO EXAMINE THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS NEXT REVIEWED. THESE ARE THE EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE TENANTS FROM PART II OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE EXEMPTIONS TO PART IV OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH RELATES TO SECURITY OF TENURE.
HE SAID THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING WOULD BE MOVING A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE AND MOST OF THESE AMENDMENTS WERE OF A TECHNICAL NATURE OR FOR CLARIFICATION.
+SUBJECT TO THE AGREED AMENDMENTS, THE AD HOC GROUP IS GENERALLY SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSALS' CONTAINED IN THE BILL ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE, HE SAID.
AS EVENTS IN HONG KONG MOVE VERY RAPIDLY, HE SUGGESTED THAT
+IN THE ORDINANCE BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY INSTEAD OF BIANNUALLY. THIS WAY. THE INTERESTS OF BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS WILL BE BETTER SÉRVED, HE SAID.
MR WONG NOTED THAT WITH 32 000 DOMESTIC FLATS STANDING VACANT AT THE END OF 1982 - AND ALL-TIME RECORD THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO INDUCE EMPTY FLAT OWNERS TO PUT THEIR FLATS ON THE MARKET.
+THE BILL NOW BEFORE COUNCIL REPRESENTS, INTER ALIA, AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE EXTENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED MEASURES, HOWEVER, REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
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