WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989
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VIEWS ON CRIMES BILL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
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VIEWS EXPRESSED FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT CRIMES (AMENDMENT} BILL IN 1988 HAD BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE BILL WAS BEING REVISED FOR SUBMISSION ΤΟ THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR BARNES WAS GIVING A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SIT HO-YIN CONCERNING THE PROGRESS MADE TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC DISPLAY OF SIGNS ADVERTISING PROSTITUTION SERVICES AND FOR THE CONTROL OF VICE ESTABLISHMENTS AS CONTAINED IN THE BILL.
"IT IS INTENDED TO INTRODUCE THE CRIMES (AMENDMENT} BILL INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION," MR BARNES SAID.
SOCIETY FLAT OWNERS NEED TO PAY PREMIUM TO SELL IN OPEN MARKET
MEMBERS OF CIVIL SERVANTS' COOPERATIVE BUILDING
WERE REQUIRED HAD OBTAINED TITLE TO THEIR FLATS
SELL THEIR FLATS IN THE BEFORE THEY COULD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS INFORMED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ΤΟ OPEN
PAY A
MARKET,
SOCIETIES WHO PREMIUM
THE
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, THIS IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ELSIE TU.
MR BARNES SAID THE PREMIUM, THE ESTIMATES OF WHICH ON REQUEST, WAS CALCULATED ON TWO-THIRDS OF THE LAND VALUE.
SAID
WERE GIVEN
THEY ARE WHEN ALL THE OWNERS HAVE PAID THE NECESSARY PREMIUM,
BUT THE NEW BUILDING WOULD BE FREE TO REDEVELOP THEIR PROPERTIES LIMITED TO THE BULK OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.
OWNERS "IF THE COLLECTIVE
WISH TO REDEVELOP TO A GREATER BE NECESSARY AND INTENSITY, THEN A FURTHER LEASE MODIFICATION WOULD
IT WOULD DEPEND ON ALL THE THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM PAYABLE FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT," MR BARNES EXPLAINED.
TERMS
BE
OF
THE
THIS
PROPOSED COULD BE
AS WITH ALL LEASE MODIFICATION CASES THE PREMIUM COULD ONLY ASSESSED WIIEN
THE ALL
AND CONDITIONS REDEVELOPMENT WERE FINALISED, SO IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT DONE AT AN EARLY STAGE, HE ADDED.
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