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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1984

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RATEPAYERS REMINDED

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RATEPAYERS ARE REMINDED THAT RATES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984 MUST BE PAID ON OR BEFORE JULY 31.

DEMAND NOTES WERE BEING SENT TO ALL RATEPAYERS STARTING FROM TODAY, A TREASURY SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THE DEMANDS MUST BE PAID IN FULL, WHETHER OR NOT OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN LODGED AGAINST THE NEW RATEABLE VALUES NOTIFIED TO RATEPAYERS IN MARCH THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

HE SAID OBJECTIONS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT WERE BEING STUDIED AND NO DECISIONS WERE LIKELY UNTIL AUGUST AND IN SOME CASES, UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

SHOULD A DECISION BE MADE TO REDUCE THE RATES PAYABLE, A REFUND WOULD BE MADE.

+BECAUSE OF THE RATES RELIEF SCHEME, EVEN IF A REDUCTION IN RATEABLE VALUE IS MADE, THIS WILL NOT, IN MANY CASES, AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF RATES PAYABLE THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

AIR-CONDITIONING FOR MORSE PARK COURTS

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TWO CONTRACTS TOTALLING $462 000 HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR AIR-CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL WORKS AT THE SQUASH AND TENNIS COURTS BEING BUILT AT MORSE PARK, WONG TAI SIN.

THE AIR-CONDITIONING CONTRACT VALUED AT $122 000 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO GILMAN ENGINEERING LIMITED.

WORK WILL START IN MID-AUGUST AND BE COMPLETED IN SEVEN MONTHS.

THE $340 000 CONTRACT FOR THE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO IU CHEONG ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED.

WORK WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AND BE COMPLETED IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.

A $3.8 MILLION BUILDING CONTRACT FOR THE THREE SQUASH AND SIX TENNIS COURTS HAD BEEN AWARDED LAST MONTH BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE SQUASH COURTS WILL HAVE STANDS FOR 120 SPECTATORS AND THE TENNIS COURTS WILL BE FLOODLIT.

THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A SERVICE BUILDING WITH SOLAR-HEATED CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS AND STOREROOM.

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