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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991
ON THESE INCLUDED AN EXTRA BUS LANE ADJUSTMENTS TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN FAVOUR OF CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL FROM NATHAN ROAD.
CHATHAM ROAD NORTH AND TRAFFIC APPROACHING THE
OF
THESE ALL
WOULD
BB
MEASURES EFFECTIVENESS HE SAID THE MONITORED CLOSELY AND FURTHER MEASURES INTRODUCED AS NECESSARY.
AVAILABLE
ON THE ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ALREADY
FOR TRANSPORT SAID THEY ALONG THE MTR KOWLOON ROUTE, THE SECRETARY
ROUTES COACH RESIDENTIAL
GREEN
MINIBUS
AND INCLUDED SOME 90 BUS, SERVING THE MONG KOK AND YAU-TSIM DISTRICTS.
HOM, NINE FERRY IN ADDITION, THERE WERE KCR SERVICES TO HUNG
BUS ROUTES OPERATING THROUGH LINKS TO CENTRAL AND 18 CROSS-HARBOUR THE KOWLOON PENINSULA.
SPARE CAPACITY EXISTED ON MOST OF
THOSE SERVICES DURING THE
RUSH HOURS, MR LEUNG SAID.
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GOVT APPLIES SAME RATING RULES TO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC TENEMENTS
THE GOVERNMENT APPLIES THE SAME CALCULATING THE RATEABLE VALUE OF PREMISES.
BOTH
PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING
SIR PIERS
THIS WAS STATED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WAH, SIR PIERS SAID RATING AND VALUATION
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SZETO UNDER THE RATING ORDINANCE THE COMMISSIONER of WAS REQUIRED TO ASCERTAIN THE RATEABLE VALUE OF A TENEMENT.
AND HIS "IN DISCHARGING THIS RESPONSIBILITY, THE COMMISSIONER
STANDARDS TO ALL RESIDENTIAL PRINCIPLES AND STAFF APPLY THE SAME
INCLUDING PUBLIC HOUSING PREMISES THAT ARE TO BE ASSESSED TO RATES,
HE STRESSED. UNITS, HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS AND PRIVATE PREMISES,
0
4.000 SQUATTERS TO BE CLEARED BY YEAR'S END
* * *
OF
THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO CLEAR AND REHOUSE, BY AROUND THE END
KOWLOON AND NORTH THIS YEAR, ABOUT 4,000 SQUATTERS IN EAST AND WEST
ARE THAT SLOPES ON STEEP AND SOUTH OF HONG KONG ISLAND ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO LANDSLIPS IN HEAVY RAINSTORMS.
WHO
LIVE
LANDS,
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND
BY THE HON HON MARTIN LEWIS, SAID THIS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION CHI-FAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE POON
/IN ADDITION