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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988
89 TENANTS SURRENDER FLATS
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A TOTAL OF 89 TENANTS WHO HAD BEEN PAYING DOUBLE NET RENT AS RESULT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW POLICY ON HOUSING APRIL 1 LAST YEAR HAD SURRENDERED THEIR PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING UNITS.
SUBSIDY ON
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON DANIEL TSE.
IN REPLYING то
BATCH OF TENANTS, ABOUT THE SUBSIDY INCOME
THE 89 TENANTS WERE AMONG THE FIRST 8,700 IN NUMBER, WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME EXCEEDED LIMIT.
THEY WERE THEREFORE REQUIRED TO PAY DOUBLE NET RENT POLICY WHICH WAS AIMED AT REDUCING
UNDER THE THE LEVEL PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS WHO WERE NO LONGER IN NEED.
OF SUBSIDY TO THOSE
DECISION TO TO THE IMPLEMENTATION ΤΟ GIVE REASONS FOR
MR LIAO SAID IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE TENANTS GIVE UP THEIR FLATS WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE OF THE POLICY BECAUSE TENANTS WERE NOT ASKED VACATING THEIR FLATS.
THAT TENANTS PAYING OF ASSISTED
"HOWEVER, THERE ARE CLEAR INDICATIONS DOUBLE RENT ARE TAKING A GREATER INTEREST IN OTHER FORMS HOUSING, HE POINTED OUT.
MR LIAO SAID THAT 1,750 SUCH TENANTS APPLICATIONS TO BUY FLATS IN THE MOST RECENT SCHEME FLATS SALE.
HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED PHASE OF HOME OWNERSHIP
THIS REPRESENTED ABOUT 20 PER CENT OF TENANTS AFFECTED BY THE NEW POLICY.
THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF
IN ADDITION, 195 OF THE AFFECTED TENANTS LOAN UNDER THE NEW HOME PURCHASE LOAN SCHEME WHICH JUNE THIS YEAR.
HAD APPLIED FOR A WAS ANNOUNCED IN
FLATS WILL GREATER NEED,
"IF THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE SUCCESSFUL, MORE RENTAL BE RECOVERED IN DUE COURSE FOR ALLOCATION TO THOSE IN HE NOTED.
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CONCLUSIONS ON THE HAD ONLY BEEN
MR LIAO SAID IT WAS TOO EARLY TO DRAW ANY EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DOUBLE RENT POLICY AS IT IMPLEMENTED FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
"
BUT JUDGING FROM THE ENCOURAGING SIGNS DESCRIBED ARE HOPEFUL THAT SOME POSITIVE RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED,
BARLIER,
++ HE SAID.
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POLICY FROM FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES
HE SAID THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD REVIEW THE TIME TO TIME, BUT THERE WAS NO INTENTION TO MAKE AT THIS STAGE.
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