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BUILDING NUMBERING STREAMLINED

A MORE CONSISTENT APPROACH WILL BE ADOPTED TO THE NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION BECOMES THE SOLE AUTHORITY FOR ALLOCATING BUILDING NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

PREVIOUSLY, THE COMMISSIONER WAS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.

AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE TO EFFECT THE CHANGE WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY AND GAZETTED TODAY

(FRIDAY).

A RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS CHANGE SHOULD ELIMINATE THE CONFUSION THAT SOMETIMES AROSE IN THE PAST DUE TO THE DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE VARIOUS DISTRICT LAND OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

"THE NEW ARRANGEMENT SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN A MORE APPROACH BEING ADOPTED TO THE NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS, THE SAID.

CONSISTENT SPOKESMAN

HE SAID A NUMBER WOULD GENERALLY BE ALLOCATED TO NEW BUILDINGS AS SOON AS THEY WERE COMPLETED, PROVIDED THAT THE STREET WHICH THEY ABUT HAD BEEN NAMED.

WITH

HE ALSO STRESSED THAT EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO DEAL ALL UN-NUMBERED BUILDINGS, FOR WHICH A NUMBER IS REQUIRED, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, HE ADDED THAT PROGRESS, PARTICULARLY IN THE MORE ISOLATED RURAL AREAS, WOULD VERY MUCH DEPEND ON THE MANPOWER AVAILABLE.

HE REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT ALL ENQUIRIES REGARDING BUILDING NUMBERING MATTERS SHOULD NOW BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT, HENNESSY CENTRE, 500 HENNESSY ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.

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NEW CHLORINATION HOUSE AT SHA TIN WATER TREATMENT WORKS

FOR THE PROGRAMME TO

DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS THE WATER SUPPLIES CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CHLORINATION HOUSE AS PART OF THE IMPROVE FACILITIES AT THE SHA TIN WATER TREATMENT WORKS.

STORE, AND MECHANICAL

THE NEW CHLORINATION HOUSE WILL COMPOSE A CHLORINE DRUM A CHLORINE ABSORPTION SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY ELECTRICAL WORKS.

/UPON COMPLETION