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DAY 1 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 41:

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1989

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THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR DAVID NENDICK, THE SEMINAR AT 10 AM AT THEATRE 2 LEVEL 2.

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WILL OPEN

PLENARY SESSIONS WILL BE HELD FROM 10.15 AM TO 12.30 PM AND FROM 2 PM TO 1.30 PM AT THEATRE 2, LEVEL 2.

CHAIRMAN OF THE HONGKONG BANK, MR WILLIAM PURVES, WILL SPEAK AT A LUNCH MEETING AT 1.10 PM AT ROOM 401, LEVEL 4.

DAY 2 (THURSDAY, OCTOBER 51:

WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD FROM 9.30 AM

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12.30 PM AND

FROM

2 PM TO 3.15 PM AT ROOMS 404 AND 405, LEVEL 4.

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND

DIRECTOR OF CHUBB AND SON, INC, MR HENRY PARKER, WILL GIVE A LUNCH SPEECH PM AT ROOM 401. LEVEL 1.

MANAGING

AT 1.10

3.30 PM

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR MICHAEL CARTLAND, WILL CHAIR THE SUMMING-UP DISCUSSIONS AT ROOM 101, LEVEL 4.

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THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, WILL GIVE THE CLOSING ADDRESS AT 4.30 PM AT ROOM 401, LEVEL 4.

COPIES OF THE SEMINAR'S PROGRAMME WILL BE BOXED.

RV DEPT PREPARING FOR NEXT GENERAL REVALUATION

THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT IS NOW NEXT GENERAL REVALUATION WHEN ALL EXISTING

THE

REVIEWED,

COMMISSIONER OF RATING BLENKINSOP, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

AND

VALUATION,

PREPARING FOR THE RATEABLE VALUES WILL

MR

BE G.P.

SPEAKING AT A MEET THE MEDIA SESSION, MR

REVISED RATEABLE VALUES WERE SCHEDULED TO 1991, WHICH WOULD BE THREE EFFECT.

YEARS

BLENKINSOP SAID THE TAKE EFFECT ON APRIL 1, SINCE THE LAST

TOOK REVALUATION

"THE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED то CARRYING OUT THESE REVIEWS EVERY THREE YEARS. HE SAID.

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WAS AN

ESTIMATE

OF

ITS

AS THE RATEABLE VALUE OF A PROPERTY ANNUAL RENTAL VALUE AT A DESIGNATED DATE, MR BLENKINSOP EXPLAINED OF THAT RENTAL VALUES WOULD CHANGE OVER TIME FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES

LOCATIONS DUE TO CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY, AND ALSO FOR DIFFERENT

ENVIRONMENT, AMENITIES AND ACCESSIBILITY.

"THE REVALUATION

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