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MONDAY, MAY 25, 1981

RENT MATTERS TO BE AIRED IN TSUEN WAN

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TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE IS ORGANISING A SEMINAR ON RENTAL MATTERS TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 27) AT THE TOWN HALL.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOUSING, RATING AND VALUATION, LEGAL AID AND INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENTS WILL GIVE TALKS ON RENT CONTROL LEGISLATION, LEGAL ASPECTS OF LANDLORD AND TENANT MATTERS AND ON THE POLICY FOR DETERMINING AND REVIEWING RENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

THE SEMINAR WILL THEN BE OPENED TO THE FLOOR FOR A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION.

MR H.T. LUI, DISTRICT OFFICER TSUEN WAN, WILL CHAIR THE SEMINAR WHICH IS TO BE HELD AT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL STARTING AT 2.30 PM.

THIS IS THE FOURTH SEMINAR THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ORGANISED SINCE AUGUST LAST YEAR. THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR LOCAL PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON AFFAIRS OF MUTUAL INTEREST.

TOPICS AT PREVIOUS SEMINARS HAVE INCLUDED TOWN MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT. THEY WERE ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

NOTE TO EDITORS

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL STARTING AT 2.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 27). A VEHICLE WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1.30 PM SHARP TO TAKE PRESS MEMBERS TO TSUEN WAN AND BRING THEM BACK AFTERWARDS.

LABOUR MP VISITS NT ****

LABOUR MP, THE RT. HON. PETER SHORE, WHO IS IN HONG KONG FOR THREE DAYS, VISITED THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (MONDAY).

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.

THE VISIT BEGAN AT TSUEN WAN WHERE MR SHORE WAS MET AND BRIEFED ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS BY THE TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES HAYES, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR C.N. FONG.

/FROM TSUEN