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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1985
MR HIGGINSON SAID THAT IN AREAS WHICH DID NOT ENJOY A DOOR-TO- DOOR SERVICE, A CARD WAS LEFT IN THE COMMUNAL LETTER BOX OR NEST OF LETTER BOXES, INFORMING THE ADDRESSEE THAT A REGISTERED ITEM WAS AWAITING COLLECTION.
IN THE CASE OF PARCELS, HE SAID, THOSE TO BE DELIVERED IN THE URBAN AREA, APART FROM THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, WERE TREATED IN THE SAME WAY AS REGISTERED ITEMS, WITH THE DIFFERENCE THAT ONLY ONE ATTEMPT AT DELIVERY WAS MADE, AFTER WHICH THE PARCEL MIGHT BE PICKED UP WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
+ IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHERE POST OFFICE MANPOWER IS LIMITED, ADDRESSEES ARE ADVISED BY CARD THAT A PARCEL IS AWAITING COLLECTION, HE SAID.
+
PUBLIC HOUSING INHERITANCE POLICY EXPLAINED *****
THE POLICY ON INHERITANCE OF PUBLIC HOUSING TENANCIES WAS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BELIEVED THAT RENTAL HOUSING SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THOSE MOST IN NEED, AND THAT IT WAS INEQUITABLE FOR TENANCIES TO PASS FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER IN PERPETUITY WITHOUT REGARD TO THE INCOME OF THE TENANTS,
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON DAVID FORD, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PAULINE NG.
+ IT SEEMS TO US REASONABLE, THEREFORE, THAT BEFORE A TENANCY IS INHERITED, SOME FORM OF INCOME TEST SHOULD BE APPLIED, + MR FORD SAID.
HE SAID THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING SUBSIDY MIGHT HAVE SOME BEARING ON THE INHERITANCE ISSUE.
+BUT JUDGING FROM THE VERY SMALL NUMBER OF UNSUCCESSFUL CASES, WE DO NOT FEEL THAT THERE IS A NEED AT THE MOMENT TO REVIEW THE INHERITANCE POLICY.
+HOWEVER, THE ISSUE WILL BE FURTHER CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING SUBSIDY AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THEM.+
MR FORD SAID THAT SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW POLICY ON INHERITANCE IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, 251 APPLICATIONS FOR THE INHERITANCE OF TENANCIES HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
OF THESE,