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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1993

TEAM SET UP TO Detect teNANCY ABUSES

A TEAM HAS RECENTLY BEEN FORMED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT SURPRISE CHECKS ON FLATS, SOMETIMES OUTSIDE OFFICE HOURS, TO DETECT TENANCY ABUSES, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY)

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS ELSIE TU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR EASON SAID THIS APPROACH WOULD BE REVIEWED

LATER THIS YEAR TO SEE WHETHER THE OPERATION SHOULD BE EXPANDED AND TF SO HOW.

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HE SAID THE AUTHORITY WAS MINDFUL OF THE NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE ON THE SITUATION OF TENANCY ABUSES AND HAD STEPPED UP TENANCY ENFORCEMENT IN ALL ESTATES.

"1T NEEDS HOWEVER TO STRIKE A CAREFUL BALANCE BETWEEN ESSENTIAL ENFORCEMENT AND CHECKING UP ON ITS TENANTS TO THE POINT THAT MIGHT BE REGARDED AS HARASSMENT, HE SAID.

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MR EASON SAID THE PROBLEM OF TENANCY ABUSES WAS ALMOST NON- EXISTENT IN NEWLY COMPLETED ESTATES ALTHOUGH SOME IRREGULARITIES EXIST IN OLDER ESTATES.

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SPECIAL AREA FOR HEAVY WATER-CONSUMING INDUSTRIES

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ABOUT 12 HECTARES OF LAND IN A SPECIAL INDUSTRIES AREA IN TUEN WILL BE RESERVED FOR HEAVY WATER INDUSTRIES SUCH AS THE TEXTILE, BLEACHING, DYEING AND FINISHING INDUSTRIES TO SERVE BOTH NEW UNDERTAKINGS AS WELL AS EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH MIGHT WISH ΤΟ MOVE THERE.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TIEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MR EASON NOTED THAT VICTORIA HARBOUR WOULD BE DECLARED A WATER CONTROL ZONE UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE IN PHASES FROM LATE 1994 TO 1997.

HE SAID RECLAMATION AND SERVICING WORKS THERE WERE SCHEDULED TO START NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1998.

MR EASON SAID FACTORIES IN THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF KWUN TONG, TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG COULD COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE BY SIMPLY ADOPTING CLEANER PRODUCTION PRACTICES INCLUDING WASTE REDUCTION AND SEGREGATION, CHEMICAL SUBSTITUTION AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES, REPLACING OBSOLETE PRODUCTION PROCESSES, AND BUILDING COMMUNAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.

THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT INTEND TO INITIATE OR ORGANISE RELOCATION ARRANGEMENTS, MR EASON SAID, ADDING THAT IT WOULD BE FOR OPERATORS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RELOCATE THEMSELVES.

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