WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1991
(E)
THAT THE VERY POOR SHOULD
BE
AS ASSISTED
A MATTER OF
CHARITY; AND
ΤΟ ENABLE ALL
(F)
FINALLY, SUFFICIENT FUNDS MUST BE SECURED THESE CONSIDERATIONS TO BE PUT INTO PRACTICE."
AND THEIR 180 BEDSPACE
ON THE TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY ON BEDSPACE APARTMENTS
THAT THERE WERE LODGERS CONDUCTED BY CNTA, IT SHOWED APARTMENTS IN HONG KONG, WITH A TOTAL OF 5,651 BEDSPACES.
THE ACTUAL POPULATION OF LODGERS WAS ABOUT CENT OF THEM HAD BEEN INDIVIDUALLY INTERVIEWED.
AND 4.000
67 PER
TSAO SAID ALL OF PUBLIC
MR LODGERS,
RECEIVING
AND EARNING
AS REGARDS THE SOCIAL PROFILES OF THE THEIR AVERAGE AGE WAS 55, JUST UNDER HALF HAD FAMILY TIES BUT
35 PER CENT WERE MEN; LIVED AS SINGLE THEM
THEM
WORKING WERE ASSISTANCE WHILE 62 PER CENT OF AVERAGE INCOME OF ABOUT $2,440 A MONTH.
PER 52
"FOURTEEN PER CENT OF THE LODGERS INTERVIEWED HAVE BEEN IN BEDSPACE APARTMENTS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS WHILE THEM HAVE BEEN LODGERS FOR LESS THAN SIX YEARS.
AN
LIVING CENT OF
APARTMENTS
MONTH. ANOTHER 30 PER
FIND CANNOT
ALTERNATIVE
"ALMOST HALF OF THEM SAY THAT THEY STAY IN BEDSPACE BECAUSE OF CHEAP RENT, WHICH AVERAGES $279 A CENT OF THEM ACCOMMODATION.
THE GIVE
REASON
THEY THAT
"THE
RESULTS SURVEY
FORMED HAVE
MAGNITUDE THE
OF
THE BASIS THE
WHICH ON
PROBLEM
THE
AND
ADMINISTRATION IS ASSESSING FORMULATING APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO TACKLE IT," MR TSAO SAID.
APPROACHES BEING AS THERE WERE SOME SIMILARITIES IN THE BASIC
BEDSPACE APARTMENTS, HE SAID THE PROPOSED FOR THE GUESTHOUSES AND
OF BEDSPACE THAT THE LICENSING ADMINISTRATION WAS PROPOSING
PROPOSED OF THE THE TASKS OF FORM ONE APARTMENTS WOULD ACCOMMODATION AUTHORITY BEING SET UP UNDER CNTA.
HOTEL
BILL TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF FOR UNIT TRUSTS AND MUTUAL FUND CORPORATIONS INTRODUCED
THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) PROVIDE FURTHER TAX RELIEF FOR AUTHORISED UNIT TRUSTS AND SIMILAR
FUND CORPORATIONS, AUTHORISED MUTUAL RELIEF FOR SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
(NO. 2) BILL
1991
SEEKS TO TAX
THE FINANCIAL COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
AND MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, SIR PIERS SAID:
OF SECURITIES LAW NOW STANDS, PROFITS ON THE DISPOSAL RECEIVED BY TRUSTEES OF AUTHORISED UNIT TRUSTS ARE EXCLUDED CHARGE TO PROFITS TAX.
"AS
THE
INTEREST FROM THE
/"REPRESENTATIONS HAVE