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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1991

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REMINDER ON 24-MONTH PROHIBITION PERIOD FOR REPOSSESSED PREMISES

* *

THE RATING A SPOKESMAN FOR

AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT TODAY LANDLORDS WHO HAVE REMINDED

OBTAINED AN

FOR (THURSDAY)

ORDER

OF GROUND

SELF-OCCUPATION THAT THEY POSSESSION OF PREMISES ON THE

HAS AUTHORISATION

BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE SHALL NOT, UNLESS PRIOR

FOR LANDS TRIBUNAL, LET, SELL OR PART WITH POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER.

THE DISTRICT COURT IN A FORFEITURE OF OF $9,900 HER REPOSSESSED WITHOUT THE

THE REMINDER FOLLOWS A RECENT CASE IN WHICH A WOMAN WAS ORDERED TO PAY A FINE OF $20,000, $70,000 AND A COMPENSATION TO THE FORMER TENANT IN THE SUM AFTER SHE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE OFFENCE OF ASSIGNING PREMISES WITHIN 24 MONTHS OF AN ORDER FOR POSSESSION AND PRIOR CONSENT OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL.

THE WOMAN WAS THE FORMER LANDLADY OF A 257 TO KWA WAN ROAD, HUNG HOM.

FLAT AT FIRST FLOOR,

SHE SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES FROM FORMER TENANT ON THE GROUND OF SELF-OCCUPATION UNDER THE LANDLORD TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE BY AN ORDER OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL MARCH 12 1990.

ON AUGUST 10 THE SAME YEAR, SHE SOLD THE WITHOUT ANY PRIOR AUTHORISATION OF THE TRIBUNAL.

REPOSSESSED,

THE

AND

ON

PREMISES

HAVE OBTAINED AN ORDER THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED LANDLORDS WHO

THAT THE FOR POSSESSION OF PREMISES ON THE GROUND OF SELF-OCCUPATION

OCCUPIED DURING THE 24-MONTH REPOSSESSED PREMISEN SHOULD BE WHOLLY

THE BY

PERSON SPECIFIED IN THE PROHIBITION PERIOD AS A RESIDENCE ORDER FOR POSSESSION FOR WHOSE OCCUPATION THE PREMISES ARE REQUIRED.

"THE ABOVE PROHIBITIONS

ALSO

ΤΟ APPLY

OF

A LANDLORD WHO HAS A CONSENT ORDER IN EVEN IN A NOT

TENANT THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

DELIVER

UP

RECOVERED POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES BY WAY TERMS OF A SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AND TENANT, OR CASE WHERE AN APPLICATION FOR POSSESSION ON THE ABOVE GROUND DOES

THE

ΤΟ CONSENTS PROCEED OR IS DISCONTINUED AND VACANT POSSESSION OF THE PREMISES,

0

SAFE USF OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES URGED

CONTRACTORS

AND FACTORY

PROPRIETORS

URGED TO TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SUBSTANCES IN THEIR PREMISES.

TODAY WERE

(THURSDAY) ON THE USE OF DANGEROUS

OF A INTERNATIONAL

THE APPEAL FOLLOWED A COURT CASE IN WHICH THE CONTRACTOR WATER-PROOFING PROJECT IN A RESTAURANT AT THE HONG KONG AIRPORT IN 1989 WAS GIVEN THE MAXIMUM FINE OF $30,000 ON EACH OF

UNDER THE

AND FACTORIES TAKEN OUT SUMMONSES THREE

UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS.

THE

INDUSTRIAL

/THE CASE

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