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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987

PROPERTY MARKET, IN ORDER NOT TO MAKE AN UNDUE IMPACT ON THE

THE PAST IT HAD BEEN ARGUED THAT PRIVATE SECTOR FLATS CONSTRUCTED IN FIVE YEARS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOME PURCHASE SCHEME, HE SAID.

FLAT IS NORMALLY OF 90 PER CENT OF ITS

"A 5-YEAR LIMIT IS SUGGESTED BECAUSE SUCH A CAPABLE OF SECURING A MORTGAGE LOAN WORTHY VALUE, HE EXPLAINED.

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FINALLY, DR HO

SAID THE

ADMINISTRATION MUST CONSIDER AND WERE UNABLE PUBLISH A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THOSE LOAN RECIPIENTS WHO

REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS FOR TO FULFIL THEIR MORTGAGE

REASONS BEYOND

THEIR ANTICIPATION AND CONTROL.

ALLOWED TO MOVE "PERHAPS, THEY MIGHT BE

ΤΟ BACK RENTAL HOUSING UNIT, IF THEY STILL MEET THE INCOME CRITERIA,"

A PUBLIC

...

HE SAID.

NO PROSECUTION AGAINST MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER INTENDED

RELATION AND A

NO INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN, OR IS BEING INSTITUTED, IN TO THE PUBLICATIONS OF TWO STATEMENTS RECENTLY A MAGAZINE NEWSPAPER, ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHEAL THOMAS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR THOMAS WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION

BY THE HON MARTIN LEE WHETHER PROSECUTIONS WOULD BE INSTITUTED UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE PUBLICATION BY THE MAGAZINE OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE, MR LI HOU AND THE PUBLICATION HONG KONG STANDARD OF CERTAIN STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO A OFFICE SPOKESMAN.

OUTLOOK OF THE BY THE FOREIGN

"NOR CAN I SEE ANY PROSPECT OF A PROSECUTION UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE FACTS DISCLOSED BY THE QUESTION, HE ADDED.

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"WHEN THE BILL WAS DEBATED LAST MARCH, THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTED THIS SECTION ON THE BASIS THAT IT WAS DIRECTED AT THE IRRESPONSIBLE PUBLICATION OF BLATANT FALSEHOODS AND WOULD BE USED ONLY AS A MEASURE OF LAST RESORT,' HE SAID.

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"THERE IS NOTHING IN THE QUESTION TO SUGGEST THAT THESE CASES COME ANYWHERE NEAR THE INTENDED SCOPE OF THIS OFFENCE, HE SAID.

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"INDEED, I AM RATHER SURPRISED THAT MR LEE SHOULD SUGGESTING THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO USING SECTION SUCH CASES," HE ADDED.

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