CO129-554-2 Rating Amendment Ordinance 1935 15-3-1935 - 18-3-1935 — Page 5

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong, ...15.th. March, 1935.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No. .....19..........of 193 5.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. inti tuled an

Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance, 1901, and I am

of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary

to the Governor's instructions.

2. Despite the fact that there is no provi si on in the

Rating Ordinance, 1901, excluding the New Territories

from the operation of that Ordinance, no assessment or

collection of rates has hitherto been made outside the

boundaries of the island of Hong Kong and of Kowloon and

New Kowloon.

3. With the granting of certain benefits in the way of

street lighting, street maintenance, drainage, water

supply, scavenging, etc., to such areas as Taipo Market,

Un Long, and Tsuen Wan, it is considered that some form

of rating should be applied in the case of such urban

areas in the New Territories.

4.

Accordingly, this amending Ordinance adds to the Rating Ordinance, 1901, a new section (Section 49) in

eight sub-sections establishing in the New Territor ie s

(other than New Kowloon) a modified system of rating of

which the salient features are as follows:-

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