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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992

THE

WASTAGE

1990/91 AND TO 7,601 1992.

AOS)

IN

RATE WAS DROPPED TO 9,823 (INCLUDING 16 (INCLUDING 13 AOS) BETWEEN APRIL 1991 AND JANUARY

CIVIL SERVICE

THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THOSE WHO LEFT THE TO JOIN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

"AS CAN BE SEEN, THE WASTAGE SITUATION HAS BEEN IMPROVING, WIGGHAM SAID.

"FOR ALL GROUPS THE WASTAGE RATE HAS BEEN DECLINING, OVERALL WASTAGE RATE IS STABILISING AT AROUND FIVE PER CENT.

14 MR

AND THE

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*THAT BRING THE CASE, THE WASTAGE SITUATION SHOULD ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE,

NOT HAVE

"

HE ADDED.

LAWS UPHELD TO PROTECT PROPERTY BUYERS

**

THE GOVERNMENT WILL UPHOLD EXISTING LAWS CONCERNING FRAUD CRIMES COMMITTED IN HONG KONG. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC FROM

BEING DEFRAUDED WHEN PURCHASING PROPERTY OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TO KUN-SUN.

MR ASPREY SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO DISCUSSING WITH REAL ESTATE AGENTS MEANS OF ENHANCING STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION.

OR MAKB

HOWEVER, HE ADVISED THOSE WHO WISH TO BUY PROPERTY, OTHER MAJOR INVESTMENTS OVERSEAS, TO ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE SOUND PROFESSIONAL ADVICE BEFORE MAKING ANY FINAL COMMITMENT.

THE

RECEIVED

COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU (CCB) OF THE POLICE IN 1989 AGAINST A PROPERTY AGENT CONCERNING THE SALE COMPLAINTS PROPERTY IN THE USA.

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OF

IN 1990, SIX COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED AGAINST AN AGENT CONCERNING THE SALE OF PROPERTY IN SHENZHEN AND NONE WAS RECEIVED LAST YEAR.

MR ASPREY SAID ALL THESE COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED AND THE CCB HAD CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE BY THE AGENT IN HONG KONG IN ANY CASE.

THE MAJOR COMPLAINTS MADE WERE THAT TITLE DEEDS FOR PURCHASED AGENTS PROPERTY WERE RECEIVED LATE, OR NEVER RECEIVED AT ALL AND THAT REQUESTED ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF THE TITLE.

"AS THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE INVESTIGATED IN 1989 AND 1990, THE COMPLAINANTS WERE ADVISED TO APPROPRIATE CIVIL ACTION," HE SAID.

CASES

TAKE

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