SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1989
RENT OFFICER SCHEME HANDLES OVER 14,500 ENQUIRIES
WERE
MORE THAN 14.500 PUBLIC ENQUIRIES ON TENANCY MATTERS DEALT WITH UNDER THE RENT OFFICERS SCHEME DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
OF THESE. THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS WERE RECOVERY OF EVICTION OF TENANTS. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN TENANCY DISPUTES, USE AND COMPLETION OF TENANCY FORMS.
UNDER THE SCHEME. RENT OFFICERS FROM THE RATING AND DEPARTMENT ARE ON DUTY AT SPECIFIC DISTRICT OFFICES TO ADVISE OF THE PUBLIC ON TENANCY MATTERS,
PREMISES. AND THE
VALUATION MEMBERS
THE DISTRICT OFFICES PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES ARE CENTRAL AND WESTERN, EASTERN. SOUTHERN. WAN CHAI. KOWLOON CITY. KWUN TONG. MONG KOK. SHAM SHUI PO, WONG TAI SIN, YAU TSIM, KWAI TSING, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SEEK ADVICE OR OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE MAY APPROACH ANY OF THE 67 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OR THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SECTION AT CNTA HEADQUARTERS ON 29TH FLOOR. SOUTHORN CENTRE. 130 HENNESSY ROAD. WAN CHAI. OR TELEPHONE THE SECTION ON 5-8351510.
NEW HARBOUR CROSSING A BOON FOR KWUN TONG
THE OPENING OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE COMPLETION OF ASSOCIATED ROAD WORKS WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ON THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT. THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. MR DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
"THE COMPLETION OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING. TOGETHER WITH THE OPENING OF THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL AT THE END OF 1990 AND THE COMPLETION OF THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AND THE PHASES II AND III OF THE KWUN TONG BYPASS. WOULD PLACE KWUN TONG AT THE CENTRE OF A CIRCULAR TRAFFIC NETWORK, AND WOULD BOOST THE DISTRICT'S COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS, MR LAN SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
MR LAN SAID CONCERN THAT THE OPENING OF THE NEW CROSSING WOULD WORSEN THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN KWUN TONG HAD NOT MATERIALISED.
ON THE CONTRARY, TRAFFIC CONGESTION HAD EASED ON THE COMPLETION OF ASSOCIATED ROAD WORKS.
/HE NOTED