SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1990
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HE POINTED OUT THAT IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE ALTERNATIVE FACTORY PREMISES WERE NOT YET READY FOR OCCUPATION BECAUSE OF FITTING OUT, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE TEMPORARY STORAGE PLACES,
BE
EARLIER, 15 MORE TENANTS OF THE BLOCK SUCCEEDED IN GETTING ALTERNATIVE UNITS IN A RESTRICTED TENDERING EXERCISE, THE SIXTH TO HELD FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN MAY LAST YEAR THAT THE BLOCK BE DEMOLISHED.
WOULD
THIS HAS BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATORS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING ALTERNATIVE UNITS TO 75.
THE 15 UNITS TAKEN UP BY TENANTS IN THE LATEST TENDERING EXERCISE ARE MOSTLY SITUATED IN THE URBAN AREA.
24 RANGING FROM
TO 160 SQUARE METRES, THE UNITS WERE LET AT MONTHLY RENTS OF BETWEEN $410 AND $11 540, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ADDING THAT
THE THAN HALF OF THEM WERE AWARDED TO BIDS EQUIVALENT MORE UPSET MONTHLY RENT INCLUDING RATES.
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SO FAR, EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TOTALLING MORE THAN $13 MILLION HAVE BEEN PAID TO 110 TENANTS. THIS ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 38 PER CENT OF THE $34.18 MILLION ALLOCATED TO ASSIST THE BLOCK'S TENANTS.
"SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY MOVED OUT AND SURRENDERED THEIR
UNITS
TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE NEXT TENDERING EXERCISE WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 12.
SITE AGENT FINED FOR NOT WEARING HELMET
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SITE MANAGEMENTS SHOULD SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THEIR WORKERS TO FOLLOW IN COMPLYING WITH SAFETY REGULATIONS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN TAT-KING, REITERATED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY)
ALL PERSONS ON REGULATIONS, CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT SITE WEAR SUITABLE SAFETY HELMETS.
SITE SUPERVISORS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUIRED TO DO SO BECAUSE
ROLE AND THE INFLUENCE THEIR LEADING
THEY HAVE ON WORKERS, HE
STRESSED.
OF
WHO FACTORY
IN A RECENT CASE, A SITE AGENT OF A CONSTRUCTION WAS FOUND FAILING TO WEAR A SAFETY HELMET DURING A INSPECTORS, WAS CONVICTED AND FINED $1,000 BY A SHA TIN MAGISTRATE,
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