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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985

MA TAU WAI

30.0

320

67

387

PING SHEK

30.6

330

64

394

WAH FU

33.1

359

66

425

(PH. IV)

WO LOK

30.3

318

66

384

+THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS ABSORBED FOR THIS GROUP OF TENANTS A TOTAL OF $7.2 MILLION ON RATES AND HAS NOT PASSED ONTO THEM THE INCREASED RATES UNTIL THIS RENT REVIEW.

+RATES COLLECTED GO DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DO NOT FORM PART OF THE REVENUE OF THE AUTHORITY.

+TENANTS WILL BE INFORMED OF THE RENTS AND RATES BOTH AT EXISTING AND NEW LEVELS, TOGETHER WITH AN EXPLANATORY NOTE.+

THE RENT REVISION WILL APPLY TO 22 140 FLATS IN THE SIX FORMER HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES OF CHOI HUNG, FUK LOI, MA TAU WAI, PING SHEK, WAH FU (PHASE IV) AND WO LOX.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE ESTATES WERE AMONG THE BEST OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES, CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH SELF-CONTAINED FLATS AND FACILITIES UPGRADED TO MODERN STANDARDS.

+A TOTAL OF $9 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS ON THE UPGRADING OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, RE-ROOFING, INSTALLATION OF COMMUNAL AERIAL BROADCASTING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND PIPED GAS SYSTEM IN MOST OF THE ESTATES.+

ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO BRIEF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICIALS, LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS CONCERN ING THIS RENT INCREASE.

TRAINING CENTRE TO BE SET UP FOR SEAMEN ******

A SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE WILL BE SET UP BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AT TAI LAM CHUNG, TO PROVIDE PRE-SEA TRAINING FOR ABOUT 500 NEW RATINGS A YEAR FROM 1987.

IT IS ONE OF THE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE MERCHANT NAVY TRAINING BOARD OF THE COUNCIL, FOLLOWING A MANPOWER SURVEY IN MARCH LAST YEAR.

THE CENTRE WILL HAVE CAPACITY TO TRAIN ABOUT 125 PRE-SEA ENTRANTS ON A 16-WEEK COURSE AND WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER SPECIALIST TRAINING MODULES FOR IN-SERVICE+ SEAFARERS.

/AT PRESENT,