XN000022-1980-02-02 — Page 2

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1980

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TO SEE NEW GENERATION HOUSING ESTATE

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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THE ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE NEW GENERATION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES WHEN SHE VISITS CHEUNG CHING ON TSING YI ISLAND ON FEBRUARY 8 AS PART OF HER NINE-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG.

THE PRINCESS AND HER HUSBAND, THE HON ANGUS OGILVY, WILL BE HET ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE ESTATE BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO,

THE ROYAL COUPLE WILL THEN TOUR THE ESTATE, VISITING SHOPS, A FAMILY AND A NURSERY.

CHEUNG CHING, OPENED IN 1977, IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TO BE BUILT ON TSING YI WHÍCH IS LINKED BY A BRIDGE TO THE FAST-GROWING NEW TOWN OF TSUEN VAN.

THE ESTATE IS MADE UP OF SIX 22 TO 24-STOREY TWIN-TOWER BLOCKS AND ONE 13-STOREY SLAB BLOCK CONTAINING 4 500 FLATS WITH A DESIGNED CAPACITY OF ALMOST 35 000 PEOPLE.

RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES, INCLUDING A COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, THREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, A SECONDARY SCHOOL, A KINDERGARTEN, A NURSERY AND STUDY CENTRES.

COVERED WALKWAYS OR PURPOSE-BUILT STAIRCASES PROVIDE CONVENIENT AND SAFE, TRAFFIC-FREE ACCESS WITHIN CHEUNG CHING AND CONNECT WITH NEIGHBOURING CHEUNG HONG ESTATE, WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE 6 372 FLATS FOR MORE THAN 42 000 PEOPLE.

TIME LIMIT FOR OBJECTING PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS

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THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT IF THEY OBJECT TO PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS THEY SHOULD DO SO WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE DATE OF THE NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

AS TO CLAIMS FOR PROPERTY TAX REFUND, THE TIME LIMIT IS 90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE RELEVANT YEAR OF ASSESSMENT. OR 90 DAYS AFTER THE PROPERTY TAX NOTICE IS GIVEN, WHICHEVER IS THE LATER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID OBJECTIONS AND CLAIMS FOR REFUND FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED PROPERTY AND UNOCCUPIED PREMISES SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING WITHIN THESE TIME LIMITS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE.

HE SAID THE DEADLINE WOULD BE EXTENDED IF THE COMMISSIONER IS SATISFIED THAT, OWING TO ABSENCE FROM HONG KONG, SICKNESS OR OTHER REASONABLE CAUSE, THE PERSON OBJECTING TO ASSESSMENTS AND CLAIMING FOR REFUNDS WERE PREVENTED FROM DOING SO WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIME.

THE SPOKESMAN