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+RANDOM MONITORING OF THE STACK EMISSION HAS SHOWN THAT THE GASEOUS EMISSIONS AT KENNEDY TOWN ARE NOT A CAUSE FOR ALARM,+ HE SAID.
+FROM NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WILL START A REGULAR MONITORING PROGRAMME OF THE CHIMNEY EMISSIONS AT KENNEDY TOWN AND THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE MAINTAINED UNTIL THE INCINERATOR IS CLOSED DOWN, MR SHIPMAN ADDED.
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DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL REMOVAL ALLOWANCES EXPLAINED
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A PAPER IS BEING PREPARED FOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION ON WHETHER THE APPLICATION OF TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ON REMOVAL ALLOWANCES FOR DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS AFFECTED BY REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE CHANGED, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON JOHN TODD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR TODD SAID THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS AROSE FROM THE DIFFERENT RATIONALE BEHIND THESE TWO TYPE OF ALLOWANCES.
DOMESTIC TENANTS, HE SAID, +ARE MOVING FROM THEIR FLAT TO ANOTHER AND IN DOING SO HAVE TO INCUR REMOVAL EXPENSES AND HAVE TO FIT OUT THEIR NEW FLATS.+
THEIR ALLOWANCE WAS BASED ON THESE COSTS AND WHEN REVISED, CURRENT COSTS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
+THE NEW RATES ARE PAID TO ALL TENANTS AFFECTED AFTER THE DATE OF REVISION, HE SAID.
COMMERCIAL TENANTS, CONDITIONS PROVIDED FOR TERMINATION OF TENANCY BY GIVING THREE MONTHS NOTICE BY EITHER PARTY.
+THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR ANY COMPENSATION TO BE PAID, + MR TODD SAID.
BUT IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS COMMERCIAL TENANTS TO RE-ESTABLISH THEIR BUSINESS IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S COMMERCIAL PREMISES ELSEWHERE, THE AUTHORITY RECOGNISED THE DI STRURBANCE CAUSED AND, +PAYS AN EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE AS A FORM OF COMPENSATION FOR MONETARY LOSS, HE SAID.
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