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Survey on housing aspiration
The Planning Department today (Friday) signed an agreement commissioning a firm to conduct a survey on housing aspiration of the community.
"The survey will identify the housing preference including housing type, location, flat size and ownership of various socio-economic groups," a spokesman for the Department said.
"Information will be collected from a total of 12,000 randomly selected
households.
"Findings of the survey will be used to assess the housing needs of the territory," he added.
The survey will take about nine months to complete.
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Sub-contractor served summonses for late payment of wages
The Labour Department has issued five summonses to a sub-contractor for suspected late payment of wages to a group of imported workers from China in November last year.
The sub-contractor, Success Civil and Foundation Company Limited, was engaged in the works contract of the Airport Passenger Terminal Building.
The summonses were served under Section 23 of the Employment Ordinance, stipulating that wages shall become due on the expiry of the last day of the wage period and shall be paid as soon as practicable but in any case not later than seven days thereafter. The maximum penalty for each summons is $200,000 and imprisonment for one year.
The five summonses will be presented for hearing in Eastern Magistracy on May 27.
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