THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1993
CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO OBTAIN LICENCE APPLICATION FORMS BY FAX HOURS DAILY AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
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MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW USING THE SYSTEM WITH ABOUT 1,300 CALLS A DAY AND BACH CALL LASTING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 100 SECONDS.
MOST CALLS ARE MADE DURING OFFICE HOURS. MOST ENQUIRIES ARE ON LICENCE FEES, FOLLOWED BY DRIVING LICENCE MATTERS. AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 80 LICENSING FORMS A DAY ARE SENT OUT BY FAX.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMPUTERISED TELEPHONE SERVICE, A DEDICATED UNIT FORMED BY FOUR CLERICAL OFFICERS IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES DURING OFFICE HOURS.
SHA COMMENTS ON NT PROPERTY SUCCESSION
ASKED BY MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE {NTO), THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHETHER HELD BY A WOMAN OR A MAN WAS IN NO WAY AFFECTED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
MR SUEN EMPHASISED THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS IRRELEVANT INSOFAR AS OWNERSHIP WAS CONCERNED; THE FACT THAT A WOMAN WAS THE OWNER WAS IMMATERIAL.
REFERRING TO RECENT PUBLIC CONCERN OVER INHERITANCE OF PROPERTY, HE SAID THE MATTER SHOULD BE SEEN IN ITS PROPER CONTEXT.
AND THIS WOULD NOT BE A MATTER OF PRESSING
PROPERTY OWNERS.
CONCERN FOR MOST
THE GOVERNMENT WILL COME UP WITH SUITABLE MEASURES то REMOVE ANY DOUBT WHICH MAY EXIST IN THIS REGARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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ACCORDING TO LEGAL ADVICE RECEIVED WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT, ORDINANCE ITSELF MAKES NO MENTION OF PRECLUDING PEMALE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM INHERITING.
"THE NTO PROVIDES FOR CUSTOMARY RULES OF SUCCESSION TO APPLY TO LAND NOT EXEMPTED UNDER THE ORDINANCE UNLESS PROBATE OR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION ARE OBTAINED WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE DEATH OF THE
PROPERTY OWNER.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE A WILL, SUCCESSION WOULD TAKE PLACE ACCORDING ΤΟ THE TERMS OF THE WILL BY FOLLOWING THE PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES.
AS
FOR SUCCESSION TO PROPERTIES IN THE ABSENCE OF A WILL, PRACTICE IS FOR PRIVATE SOLICITORS ΤΟ OBTAIN LETTERS ADMINISTRATION ON INTESTACY IN THE USUAL WAY.
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