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(b)
(c)
premium charged in relation to any change of lease conditions are assessed by professional surveyors in the Lands Department, who are governed by a code of professional practice. The general principle for assessment is that the premium shall represent the difference in value of the land as between the previous lease conditions and the modified conditions; and
as already explained above, there are already established procedures, either statutory or administrative, governing change of land use and premium assessment.
Appeals against amount of sewage charges
Following is a question by the Hon Lee Kai-ming and a written reply by the Secretary for Works, Mr H S Kwong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It is learnt that some organisations have lodged appeals in the past year against the amount of sewage charges and trade effluent surcharges levied by the Government. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of:
(a)
(b)
the number of such appeals received since the introduction of the sewage charging scheme; the number of appeals that have been allowed, and the total amount of sewage charges and trade effluent surcharges involved; and
the scope and progress of the review of the trade effluent surcharges currently undertaken of the Government?
Reply:
Mr President
In answer to part (a) of the question, may I first explain that under the Sewage Services Ordinance, a customer may apply for variation of the trade effluent surcharge (TES) rate applied to him and for variation of the discharge factor applied to him.