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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1976.

BOOKLET ON LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE

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THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT'S SIMPLE GUIDE TO THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE, PART II, RELATING TO POST-WAR DOMESTIC PREMISES, HAS BEEN UP-DATED.

COPIES OF THE NEW EDITION ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FREE OF CHARGE.

COMMENTING ON THE BOOKLET, THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION SAID THAT THE REVISED EDITION INCLUDED NOTES ON THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE.

SEPARATE CHINESE AND ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE BOOKLET HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTERS, FROM DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND FROM THE OFFICES OF THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT.

ROOF-TOP STRUCTURES DECLARED DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY DECLARED THE STRUCTURES ON THE ROOF AT NO. 22-24 PEEL STREET, HONG KONG TO BE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THE UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES WHICH HAD BEEN ERECTED ON THE ROOF OF THIS BUILDING OBSTRUCTED THE MEANS OF ESCAPE TO THE ROOF OF THE MAIN BUILDING WITH THE RESULTANT DANGER THAT OCCUPANTS COULD BE TRAPPED IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OCCURRING ON THE LOWER FLOORS,

THE PUBLIC IS ALREADY AWARE OF RECENT CASES OF FIRES IN BUILDINGS WHERE THE OCCUPANTS HAVE ESCAPED TO THE ROOF AND HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN RESCUED FROM THE ROCF BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE NEED TO MAINTAIN THIS AVENUE OF ESCAPE IN BUILDINGS WITH ONLY ONE STAIRCASE IS CLEARLY OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 3, 1976 WAS POSTED TODAY.

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