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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1982

HE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO ACTIVELY CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WHICH HAVE REMAINED UNRESOLVED:

* SET SOME TIME LIMIT ON THE PERIOD FOR WHICH A TENANCY

CAN BE RENEWED UNDER THE NEW PART IV OF THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE;

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INTRODUCE SOME PROVISION IN THE NEW PART IV TO ENABLE PROPERTY OWNERS, PARTICULARLY SMALL INVESTORS, TO DISPOSE OF THEIR PROPERTY WITH VACANT POSSESSION;

REVIEW THE POSITION OF THE CORPORATE LANDLORD WHO REQUIRES THE PREMISES FOR THE OCCUPATION OF ITS OWN EMPLOYEES;

IMPOSE SPECIFIC TIME LIMITS FOR DETERMINATION OF RENT AND

* PROVIDE SOME FORM OF APPEAL AGAINST DECISIONS OF THE

LANDS TRIBUNAL GENERALLY.

TURNING TO HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY, MR WONG SAID IT IS AN AREA WHERE HIGH PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ITS IMPROVEMENT.

QUOTING STATISTICS, HE SAID THERE WERE 487 000 PEOPLE AGED 60 OR OVER IN 1981 AND THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO REACH 634 000 BY 1987. HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT, THERE WERE 375 PLACES AVAILABLE AT THE CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES AT THE END OF MARCH THIS YEAR WHILE THE NUMBER ON THE WAITING LIST FOR ADMISSION SHOWED A SHORT-FALL OF 704 PLACES.

+ IN THE FACE OF CHANGING SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS, MANY OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE, HE SAID.

+THERE IS THEREFORE A STRONG CASE TO REVISE UPWARDS TO A MORE REALISTIC LEVEL THE STANDARD OF FOUR PLACES PER 1 000 OLD PEOPLE IN RESPECT OF CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES.+

/MR WONG