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Pending completion of the assessment and other related procedures, Crown rent demands will be based upon the pre-redevelopment rateable value.
In due course, Crown rent for the difference between the rent based upon pre- and post-redevelopment rateable values will be demanded and the owner for the time being is obliged to pay the rent as demanded. If he does not, legal action for re-entry of the property may be instituted.
He advised property buyers to instruct their solicitors to ensure that at the time of purchase the Crown rent was paid up to date.
If a property is subject to the Crown Leases Ordinance and has been re- developed but the rental paid up to the date of the purchase is not based upon an assessment of the rateable value of the property since its redevelopment, appropriate steps should be taken by the purchaser or his solicitors to protect the purchaser, the spokesman said.
Enquiries on outstanding accounts in respect of Crown rent may be addressed to the Director of Accounting Services. The fee is $60 for each enquiry per property.
End/Thursday, November 30, 1995
Transfer of VMs from High Island Detention Centre
The Government announced that a group of about 190 Vietnamese migrants will be transferred from the High Island Detention Centre today (Thursday) in preparation for their return under the Orderly Repatriation Programme.
They will be transferred to Victoria Prison for pre-flight documentation and medical checks prior to leaving Hong Kong. They will be returned in two groups on two flights on December 6 and 13.
The transfer will be observed by independent monitors.
End/Thursday, November 30, 1995