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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1994

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WE DO NOT HAVE READILY AVAILABLE STATISTICS ON THE TYPE OF RENTAL FLATS IN WHICH EX-THA RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN REHOUSED.

THE TYPE OF RENTAL FLATS THAT ARE OFFERED TO THA RESIDENTS DEPENDS ON THEIR AVAILABILITY WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF REHOUSING PREFERENCE OF THA RESIDENTS. SOME HARMONY FLATS HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THA RESIDENTS.

MEASURES TO RECOVER OUTSTANDING PENALTY FINES

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS MIRIAM LAU KIN-YEE AND A WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

QUESTION : IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF REVENUE TO THE GOVERNMENT ARISING FROM THE LARGE NUMBER OF UNPAID FIXED PENALTY TICKETS (APPROXIMATELY 660,000 UP TO AUGUST THIS YEAR), WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING :-

(A) WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING ADOPTED TO RECOVER THESE

OUTSTANDING FIXED PENALTY FINES;

(B) WHETHER SUCH MEASURES ARE EFFECTIVE; AND

(C) WHETHER A REVIEW OF SUCH MEASURES WILL BE CONDUCTED?

REPLY:

MR PRESIDENT,

THE

FIGURE OF 660,000 RELATES TO THE NUMBER OF DEMAND ISSUED IN RESPECT OF FIXED PENALTY TICKETS, FROM JANUARY TO THIS YEAR. SUCH DEMAND NOTICES ARE ISSUED IF FIXED PENALTIES UNPAID AFTER ONE MONTH. THE LATEST FIGURES SHOW THAT, OF 660,000 CASES, PAYMENT HAS SINCE BEEN EFFECTED IN RESPECT 590,000.

NOTICES

AUGUST

REMAIN

THESE

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SOME

/THE ANSWERS

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