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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992

PROMPT ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL REPOSSESSION OF BUILDINGS

CASES

то ACTION

HELP RESIDENTS WHEN RECOVER POSSESSION

THE REPORTED,

OF ACTING COUNCIL

THE POLICE HAVE TAKEN PROMPT

ATTEMPTING TO OF TRIAD SYNDICATES

INTIMIDATION TACTICS ARE BUILDINGS THROUGH SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE

THE SAID

MEASURES HAD BEEN OCCURRENCE OF SUCH INCIDENTS.

EFFECTIVE

IN

CURBING

THE

MR

OR REPORTS, THE WHETHER ANY OFFENCE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MAN SAI-CHEONG, STRACHAN SAID ON RECEIVING SUCH TYPE OF COMPLAINTS POLICE WOULD CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS TO ASCERTAIN HAD BEEN COMMITTED.

OFFENCES MAY INCLUDE

CRIMINAL

CRIMINAL DAMAGE OR ASSAULT.

INTIMIDATION,

BLACKMAIL,

CASE

ENQUIRIES INCLUDED

A

PARTIES INVOLVED AND CHECKS ON WHETHER

HAD ATTEMPTED THE LANDLORD

BACKGROUND EXAMINATION

SIMILAR

ΤΟ

REPOSSESS THE

INCIDENTS, PREMISES,

OF IN WHICH HAD BEEN

THE

REPORTED BEFORE.

TENANT

POSSIBLE "CONSIDERATION IS ALSO GIVEN TO LANDLORD AND

(CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE OFFENCES INVOLVING HARASSMENT AND UNLAWFUL EVICTION SAID.

WHICH

OFFENCES UNDER

FOR PROVIDES OF TENANTS, HE

THE

"I

CHARGES WOULD BE

THE

HAVE COMMITTED

POLICE WOULD VALUATION WITH A

MR

STRACHAN

BROUGHT AGAINST THOSE OFFENCES.

IN SAID

APPROPRIATE SUSPECTED BY THE

CASES,

то POLICE

OF ANY

OFFENCE, RATING AND

IF THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE REFER THE CASE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF VIEW TO SETTLING THE DISPUTE BY MEDIATION, HE SAID.

ARRANGEMENTS TO DEAL WITH AIR-CONDITIONING NUISANCES SATISFACTORY

*

COMMERCIAL

THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS TO DEAL WITH NUISANCES IN

AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS ARE BUILDINGS CAUSED BY RESIDENTIAL CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY AND THERE IS NO NEED FOR REVIEW AT PRESENT.

AND

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YIU-CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

AND

TAM

/HE SAID