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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1976

THE INCREASES RANGED BETWEEN $1,000 AND $12,000 PER FLAT, DEPENDING ON THE AREAS INVOLVED.

IN ADDITION, ALL ELIGIBLE OWNER-OCCUPIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE BEING OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT COMMERCIAL TENANTS DISSATISFIED WITH STATUTORY COMPENSATION OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND OWNER- OCCUPIERS DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR OFFERS, WERE ALL ENTITLED TO TAKE THEIR CLAIMS TO THE LANDS TRIBUNAL, WHICH WOULD GIVE AN INDEPENDENT RULING.

IF THE TRIBUNAL'S FIGURE WAS HIGHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD MAKE UP THE BALANCE.

+ALL THIS SHOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO BE AS FAIR AND REASONABLE AS POSSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE CONCERNED,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT TODAY'S OFFER TO THE OWNER-OCCUPIERS WILL BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN OFFER, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MARKET VALUES AT THE TIME OF RESUMPTION IN THE SAME AREA AS TAI ON MANSION, RELATIVE TO PROPERTIES OF SIMILAR AGE AND CONDITION. +

MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TWO MORE FAMILIES RENTING FLATS IN TAI ON MANSION HAD INDICATED TODAY THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT GOVERNMENT HOUSING.

THIS TOOK TO 108 THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES LIVING IN TAI ON MANSION AND A NEARBY BUILDING IN SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET, ALSO RESUMED FOR ESSENTIAL MASS TRANSIT WORKS, WHO HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT HOUSING OR INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD DO SO.

REPORT ON SURVEY OF INSTRUCTORS PUBLISHED ******

RECOMMENDATIONS ON MEASURES TO MEET INSTRUCTOR TRAINING NEEDS IN HONG KONG ARE CONTAINED IN A REPORT RELEASED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY).

THEY WERE DRAWN UP IN THE LIGHT OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN JUNE LAST YEAR BY THE TRAINING COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTOR TRAINING WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SCOUTS ASSOCIATION AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE REPORT, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, ALSO INCLUDES DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS EMPLOYED IN LOCAL INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY AND A FORECAST OF THE ANNUAL NEED FOR INSTRUCTORS IN THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWING THE SURVEY.

THE REPORT. OBTAINABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG, SELLS AT $4.00 A COPY.

THE COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTOR TRAINING WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR ON THE ADVICE OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL IN 1974.

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