THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1991
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REMINDER ON 24-MONTH PROHIBITION PERIOD FOR REPOSSESSED PREMISES
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THE RATING A SPOKESMAN FOR
AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT TODAY LANDLORDS WHO HAVE REMINDED
OBTAINED AN
FOR (THURSDAY)
ORDER
OF GROUND
SELF-OCCUPATION THAT THEY POSSESSION OF PREMISES ON THE
HAS AUTHORISATION
BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE SHALL NOT, UNLESS PRIOR
FOR LANDS TRIBUNAL, LET, SELL OR PART WITH POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER.
THE DISTRICT COURT IN A FORFEITURE OF OF $9,900 HER REPOSSESSED WITHOUT THE
THE REMINDER FOLLOWS A RECENT CASE IN WHICH A WOMAN WAS ORDERED TO PAY A FINE OF $20,000, $70,000 AND A COMPENSATION TO THE FORMER TENANT IN THE SUM AFTER SHE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE OFFENCE OF ASSIGNING PREMISES WITHIN 24 MONTHS OF AN ORDER FOR POSSESSION AND PRIOR CONSENT OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL.
THE WOMAN WAS THE FORMER LANDLADY OF A 257 TO KWA WAN ROAD, HUNG HOM.
FLAT AT FIRST FLOOR,
SHE SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES FROM FORMER TENANT ON THE GROUND OF SELF-OCCUPATION UNDER THE LANDLORD TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE BY AN ORDER OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL MARCH 12 1990.
ON AUGUST 10 THE SAME YEAR, SHE SOLD THE WITHOUT ANY PRIOR AUTHORISATION OF THE TRIBUNAL.
REPOSSESSED,
THE
AND
ON
PREMISES
HAVE OBTAINED AN ORDER THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED LANDLORDS WHO
THAT THE FOR POSSESSION OF PREMISES ON THE GROUND OF SELF-OCCUPATION
OCCUPIED DURING THE 24-MONTH REPOSSESSED PREMISEN SHOULD BE WHOLLY
THE BY
PERSON SPECIFIED IN THE PROHIBITION PERIOD AS A RESIDENCE ORDER FOR POSSESSION FOR WHOSE OCCUPATION THE PREMISES ARE REQUIRED.
"THE ABOVE PROHIBITIONS
ALSO
ΤΟ APPLY
OF
A LANDLORD WHO HAS A CONSENT ORDER IN EVEN IN A NOT
TENANT THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
DELIVER
UP
RECOVERED POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES BY WAY TERMS OF A SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND TENANT, OR CASE WHERE AN APPLICATION FOR POSSESSION ON THE ABOVE GROUND DOES
THE
ΤΟ CONSENTS PROCEED OR IS DISCONTINUED AND VACANT POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES,
0
SAFE USF OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES URGED
CONTRACTORS
AND FACTORY
PROPRIETORS
URGED TO TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SUBSTANCES IN THEIR PREMISES.
TODAY WERE
(THURSDAY) ON THE USE OF DANGEROUS
OF A INTERNATIONAL
THE APPEAL FOLLOWED A COURT CASE IN WHICH THE CONTRACTOR WATER-PROOFING PROJECT IN A RESTAURANT AT THE HONG KONG AIRPORT IN 1989 WAS GIVEN THE MAXIMUM FINE OF $30,000 ON EACH OF
UNDER THE
AND FACTORIES TAKEN OUT SUMMONSES THREE
UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS.
THE
INDUSTRIAL
/THE CASE
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