WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1980
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ABOUT 4 900 DOMESTIC UNITS IN PREWAR BUILDINGS ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS ADJUSTMENT. FOR A TYPICAL UPPER TENEMENT FLOOR SHARED USUALLY BY ABOUT THREE FAMILIES, IT WILL RESULT IN AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF LESS THAN $70 A MONTH, BRINGING THE RENT FROM ABOUT 15 PER CENT TO 22 PER CENT OF ITS MARKET RENT.
FOR A TYPICAL PREWAR COMMERCIAL GROUND TENEMENT FLOOR, THE AVERAGE INCREASE WILL BE UNDER $300 A MONTH, BRINGING THE RENT FROM ABOUT 20 PER CENT TO 30 PER CENT OF ITS FAIR MARKET RENT. ABOUT 2 200 NON-DOMESTIC UNITS ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED.
MR LIAO SAID THE INCREASES WERE SMALL IN ACTUAL CASH TERMS AND REPRESENTED ANOTHER SMALL STEP IN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF LOOSENING THESE RIGID AND OUTDATED CONTROLS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN FORCE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
+IN THE CASE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS, ANY INCREASE IN RENT WILL BE MATCHED BY REFUNDS FROM GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
POLLUTION PROBLEM REQUIRES JOINT SOLUTION ****
THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON DEREK JONES, TODAY CALLED FOR JOINT EFFORT BY FACTORY OPERATORS AND THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO COMBAT INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION.
IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE HON S... CHEN AND THE HON ANDREW SO CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, MR JONES SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO BRING ABOUT NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SOLELY BY GOVERNMENT ACTION BECAUSE MUCH OF THE PROBLEM AROSE SIMPLY FROM BAD HOUSE- KEEPING BY FACTORY OPERATORS AND OTHERS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
HE DISCLOSED THAT THIS MATTER HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND HE WAS CONSIDER ING A PROPOSAL TO MOUNT A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE THEM.
HE SAID FOR ITS PART GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF WORKERS AND RESIDENTS IN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL AREAS THROUGH ENFORCEMENT OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE.
→THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE AND THE SMOKE INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LEGISLATION. THE STAFF CONCERNED CARRY OUT MEASUREMENTS OF AIR POLLUTION LEVELS IN FACTORY ENVIRONMENTS TO ENSURE THAT LEVELS ARE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS AS WELL AS PURSUING A PROGRAMME OF ADVICE AND EDUCATION TO REDUCE NOISE LEVELS WITHIN FACTORIES.+
/REGARDING INDUSTRIAL
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