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3.30 PM

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1987

ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES PARAGRAPHS 100 110

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE OPEN HEARINGS ARE ADVISED TO BRING WITH THEM A COPY OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME IS NOW 8.30 AM, INSTEAD OF

9 AM.

MORE PEOPLE MAKE USE OF RENT OFFICER SCHEME

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USE OF

MORE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS HAVE MADE

THE RENT OFFICER SCHEME TO CLARIFY DOUBTS ABOUT THEIR STATUTORY RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1987, MORE THAN 13,000 ENQUIRIES ON TENANCY ISSUES HAD BEEN RECEIVED, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 46.3 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS WERE RECOVERY/EVICTION OF PREMISES, LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ON TENANCY DISPUTES AND RENT ARREARS, A CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE RENT OFFICER SCHEME, ADMINISTERED BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT, WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED IN APRIL 1978. THROUGH REFERRALS, LANDLORDS AND TENANTS CAN THEN DISCUSS THEIR PROBLEMS WITH RENT OFFICERS FROM THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT AT DISTRICT OFFICES.

"UNDER THE SCHEME, RENT OFFICERS ARE AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN DISTRICT OFFICES AT SPECIFIED TIME EACH WEEK DURING OFFICE HOURS ΤΟ ADVISE ON TENANCY MATTERS AND TO DEAL DIRECTLY WITH REFERRED CASES.

"THESE DISTRICT OFFICES ARE AT CENTRAL AND WESTERN, WAN CHAI. SOUTHERN, EASTERN, YAU MA TEI, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO, KOWLOON CITY, WONG TAI SIN, KWUN TONG, TSUEN WAN, KWAI TSING AND YUEN LONG, "

THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SEEK ADVICE OR OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE MAY APPROACH ANY OF THE 67 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OR THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE SECTION AT CNTA HEADQUARTERS ON 13/F, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, 7 CANTON ROAD, HARBOUR CITY, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON. THEY MAY ALSO CALL 3-692255.

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