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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985

+THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT CONGESTION CAUSED BY VEHICLES BEING LOADED OR UNLOADED AT CROWDED KERBSIDE LOCATIONS ROSE FROM 113 IN 1982-83 TO 281 IN 1983-84. COMPLAINTS DIRECTED TOWARDS PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES ACCOUNTED FOR 133 CASES OR ALMOST ONE HALF OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT VEHICLE OBSTRUCTION, MR PANG ADDED.

THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT WAS SET UP UNDER THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AND MONITOR COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON TRANSPORT MATTERS.

COMPLAINTS CAN BE MADE TO THE UNIT BY TELEPHONING 5-776866, THE UNIT'S HOTLINE, ANY TIME. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT REQUIRED TO WRITE ÎN UNLESS THEY PREFER TO DO SO. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE COMPLAINTS, THE UNIT WILL REPLY VERBALLY OR IN WRITING.

HOUSING AUTHORITY COMPLETES RENT REVIEW *****

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS COMPLETED A BIENNIAL RENT REVIEW FOR SIX ESTATES, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE RISING COSTS OF MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS INCREASES IN RATES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

FROM APRIL 1, NET RENTS FOR THE ESTATES WILL BE INCREASED BY $2.25 PER SQUARE METRE. FOR THE MAJORITY OR 86 PER CENT OF THE TENANTS, IT MEANS AN EXTRA OF ONLY $62 TO $97 A MONTH.

+NEW INCLUSIVE RENT LEVELS WILL STILL REMAIN REASONABLE AT $12.37 TO $12.88 A SQUARE METRE AND SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE BY TENANTS WHO WOULD BE PAYING LESS THAN 10 PER CENT OF THEIR INCOME AS RENT,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.

HE SAID THE REVISED RENTS ALREADY INCLUDED RATES WHICH HAD BEEN INCREASED TWICE SINCE APRIL 1983. FOR TYPICAL FLATS SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES OF 4 TO 6 PERSONS OF THESE SIX HOUSING ESTATES, THE BREAKDOWN OF MONTHLY NET RENT AND RATES IS AS FOLLOWS:

ESTATE

FLAT AREA

NET RENT

RATES

INCLUSIVE

RENT

2

CHOI HUNG

30.6

224

63

327

FUK LOI

30.2

315

59

74

MA TAU