TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1985
COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE DRUG EDUCATION/ LIAISON CENTRE, NARCOTICS DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, ON OR BEFORE APRIL 13, 1985.
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL 5-295140.
LETTING ARRANGEMENTS TO BE FURTHER STREAMLINED
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TO FURTHER STREAMLINE ITS LETTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR VACANT UNITS IN FACTORY ESTATES.
AS FROM APRIL, NOTICES OF CASUAL VACANCIES WILL BE PUT UP ON TUESDAY, AND LETTING WILL BE PROCESSED ON THURSDAY, IN THE ESTATES CONCERNED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH.
+SHOULD THE FIRST TUESDAY OR THURSDAY OF THE MONTH FALL ON
A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, THESE WILL BE DONE IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY TODAY.
SAID
AT PRESENT, HE SAID, THE DATES FOR LETTING VARY WITH DIFFERENT FACTORY ESTATES, AND THE NEW MOVE IS INTENDED TO FACILITATE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS.
+VACANT FACTORY UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LET BY DIRECT APPLICATION, A STREAMLINED LETTING SYSTEM WHICH HAS MET WITH ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE.
+UNDER THE SYSTEM, ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ARE IMMEDIATELY GRANTED, ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, TENANCIES OF FACTORY UNITS SELECTED.
+AND THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS EACH ELIGIBLE APPLICANT CAN RENT.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SINCE THE SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED IN JANUARY LAST YEAR A TOTAL OF 6 367 UNITS HAD BEEN LET, RESULTING IN A VIRTUALLY FULL OCCUPATION OF ALL THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S 17 FACTORY ESTATES.
+THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 60 CASUAL VACANCIES AVAILABLE FOR RE-LETTING, MOST OF WHICH ARE SURRENDERED BY TENANTS AFTER THEY HAVE BOUGHT THEIR OWN FACTORY PREMISES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
+THESE VACANT UNITS ARE EACH OF 25 SQUARE METRES AND SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS SMALL OR MEDIUM TRADES.+
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