XN000022-1992-10-19 — Page 7

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1992

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY INSPECTS BORDER AREA

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THE POLICE HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT THEIR BORDER PATROL DUTIES EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY SINCE THEY TOOK OVER THE WORK FROM THE ARMY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID.

HE MADE THE REMARK AFTER INSPECTING THE SECURITY FACILITIES AND ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IN THE BORDER AREA AND TIN SHUI WAI THIS MORNING.

THE VISIT WAS PART OF A REGULAR SERIES BY MR ASPREY то THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES.

"THE TERRAIN OF TIN SHUI WAI IS SUCH THAT IT PROVIDES LOTS OF HIDING PLACE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT (II) WORKERS, WHO CAN ALSO EASILY SPOT ANY APPROACHING POLICE, MR ASPREY SAID.

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DESPITE THIS, THE POLICE MANAGED TO ARREST MORE THAN 1,200 II WORKERS IN TIN SHUI WAI OVER THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, HE NOTED.

HE ADDED THAT POLICE VIGILANCE AGAINST II WORKERS AT TIN SHUI WAI WOULD CONTINUE.

MR ASPREY ALSO WENT то LAU FAU SHAN TO SEE CONTROL MEASURES ON FISHERMEN FROM CHINA WERE WORKING.

HOW THE

UNDER THE CONTROL MEASURES, WHICH WERE IMPLEMENTED IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, UP TO 50 FISHING BOATS A DAY FROM CHINA ARE ALLOWED TO COME TO LAU FAU SHAN TO SELL THEIR FISHING PRODUCE.

THE NEW MEASURES ENABLE THE POLICE TO BETTER CONTROL THE ACTIVITIES OF THESE MAINLAND FISHERMEN WHILE THEY ARE IN LAU FAU SHAN.

FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON RENT DECONTROL

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THE ONLY MATERIAL CHANGE TO PART 11 OF THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL IS THE PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE CURRENT ANNUAL FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS RISE IN MINIMUM RENT ΤΟ SEVEN-AND-A-HALF PERCENTAGE POINTS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, MR BARRY WOODROFFE, THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WHEN HE MET A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP TO ELABORATE ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BILL.

HE POINTED OUT THAT 86 PER CENT OF FLATS CONTROLLED SECTION WERE BUILT BEFORE 1970.

MR WOODROFFE ASSURED THE MEMBERS THAT WHEN PREVAILING MARKET RENTS, THE AGE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ACCOUNT AND GENERALLY WOULD BE DERIVED FROM MARKET RENTS IN THE SAME BUILDING OR IN SIMILAR BUILDINGS NEARBY.

UNDER THE

DETERMINING

TAKEN INTO OF FLATS