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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993
HOWEVER, MR SIU POINTED OUT THAT THE FLEXIBLY WHERE CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFIED.
CRITERIA WERE APPLIED
CENTRAL, WAN THE
"FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE URBAN COMMERCIAL AREAS OF CHAI AND TSIM SHA TSUI, WE HAVE RECOGNISED THAT HEAVY DEMAND FROM
A MORE GENEROUS BUSINESS COMMUNITY
POSTAL SERVICES JUSTIFIES FOR PROVISION OF FACILITIES,
HE SAID.
"THE PROVISION OF POST OFFICES ON THE OUTLYING DEMONSTRATES THIS FLEXIBILITY," THE SECRETARY SAID,
ISLANDS ALSO
PENG CHAU AND LAMMA ISLAND HAVE POST OFFICES WITH CATCHMENTS OF ONLY 3,189 AND 2,943 PEOPLE RESPECTIVELY.
FOR
RURAL AREAS
WHERE THE
POPULATION
IS
DISTRIBUTED
SPARSELY, THE POST OFFICE OPERATES A FLEET OF MOBILE POST OFFICES CATER FOR DEMAND,
MORE
то
THE PLANNING CRITERIA WERE DRAWN UP IN 1975 AND BEEN REGULARLY REVIEWED.
HAVE SINCE
CHARGING FOR DOMESTIC POTABLE WATER
*
FOR
DOMESTIC POTABLE
THE PRESENT TIERED CHARGING STRUCTURE WATER IS APPLICABLE ON THE SAME BASIS ΤΟ ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
A
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE,
REPLY WRITTEN
TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN
YIU-CHUNG
IN
THE
OLD
MR TENEMENT
BLAKE SAID HOUSEHOLDERS SHARING A COMMON WATER METER IN
BUILDING WERE TREATED NO DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER
AN
REGISTERED CONSUMERS.
PROVIDED
"EACH SUCH HOUSEHOLDERS IS ENTITLED TO A FREE ALLOWANCE OF CUBIC METRES OF WATER, THAT IS, THE SAME ALLOWANCE INDIVIDUALLY METER HOUSEHOLDS, HE SAID.
דן
14
TO
HOUSEHOLDS SHARING COMMUNAL METERS MAY ACTUALLY BE CHARGED LESS THAN THOSE USING SEPARATE METERING BECAUSE COMMON-METERED USERS ARE AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN THE WHOLE 14 CUBIC METRES FREE ALLOWANCE, WHEREAS THOSE SEPARATELY METERED ARE GIVEN ACTUAL USAGE, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 14 CUBIC METRES.
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