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AY 5, 1985
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT SEIZED FLOWERS WERE ALSO SENT TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS TO PREVENT THEIR GOING TO WASTE.
LAST YEAR SOME 16 000 KILOGRAMS OF FRUIT; 85 000 KILOGRAMS OF VEGETABLES, 12 000 KILOGRAMS OF ЯISH AND SEA FOOD, 11 000 EGGS AND OTHER FOODSTUFFS, AS WELL AS 4 000 BUNDLES OF FLOWERS WERE DONATED TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.
AMONG THE MANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS BENEFITTING FROM THE SCHEME ARE HOMES FOR THE AGED AND ORPHANAGES.
IF OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE CONF ISCATED GOODS, THEY ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S HAWKERS AND MARKETS SECTION AT 5-95360.
AS FOR OTHER SEIZED ITEMS WITH A SALEABLE VALUE, THEY WERE SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TO BE AUCTIONED, WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO THE URBAN COUNCIL, SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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APPEALS AGAINST TENANCY TERMINATION DISMISSED *****
TWO PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS HAVE FAILED IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO HOLD ON TO THEIR ESTATE FLATS DESPITE HAVING MOVED INTO SELF- OWNED ACCOMMODATION.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S APPEALS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WHOLLY MADE UP OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, HAS DISMISSED THEIR APPEALS AGAINST TERMINATION OF TENANCY.
A THIRD APPEAL WAS UPHELD ON COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS AFTER THE APPELLANT HAD TAKEN HEED OF THE COMMITTEE'S ADVICE TO RESUME REGULAR OCCUPATION OF THE ESTATE FLAT.
+THE DECISION TO DISMISS THE TWO APPEALS WAS MADE ON THE GROUND THAT THE TWO ESTATE FLATS HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY OCCUPIED IN BREACH OF TENANCY CONDITIONS, + A HOUSING SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
HE SAID THIS HAD COME TO LIGHT FOLLOWING CHECKS MADE BY ESTATE STAFF ON THE TWO FLATS, BOTH IN WANG TAU HOM ESTATE.
+THE HOUSE CHECKS INCLUDED SOME MADE AT NIGHT AND AT DAWN. ON ALL OCCASIONS, NO ONE WAS ENCOUNTERED AND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION HAD REMAINED LOW FOR A LONG TIME.
-SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS