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Friday, November 30, 1973

RENT SURVEY TENANTS URGED TO CO-OPERATE

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A selected group of some 5,500 tenants will shortly be receiving

a questionnaire on their rent situation from the Rating and Valuation

Department.

The information they provide will be used to compile rental

movements for the department's Annual Property Review.

The Acting Commissioner for Rating and Valuation, Mr. T.F.

Edwards explained that the reason for collecting information through a

questionnaire this year, rather than by personal calls, was to save time

and effort and to avoid bothering tenants with such calls.

"The questionnaire is not a statutory form, and once the

statistical information has been recorded, the forms will be destroyed,"

he emphasised.

He said that the collection and analysis of information asked by

questionnaire was of considerable importance to the government and he hoped

that tenants would co-operate by completing all questions fully and accurately

and returning them as quickly as possible.

The questionnaire has only five simple questions and may be

answered in either Chinese or English.

It may be returned to the department in the pre-addressed envelope

enclosed with the questionnaire, which requires no postage stamp.

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