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Disappointment over repealing of fees revision proposal
The Director of Buildings, Mrs Helen Yu, today (Wednesday) expressed extreme disappointment over the Legislative Council's decision to repeal the proposed revision of fees for registering building professionals and contractors.
Through the Building (Administration) (Amendment) (No 3) Regulation 1995, the Administration sought an adjustment of nine per cent on the registration fees for authorised persons, registered structural engineers, registered contractors and registered ventilation contractors.
The proposed adjustment ranges from $40 to $790, with the majority being cases of renewal in the order of $40 to $75 a year.
The fees, calculated in accordance with the cost in providing the registration services, are normally adjusted annually to recover cost increases due to inflation or other factors.
"The nine per cent adjustment can hardly be said to cause any hardship to building professionals and contractors. The number of persons affected is only some 3,200. They should be well able to afford to pay.
"Now, the general taxpayers will suffer as they have to subsidise those people in their profit-making commercial activities," Mrs Yu said.
End/Wednesday, November 29, 1995
Government welcomes UN Committee Against Torture Report
The Government today (Wednesday) welcomed the conclusions of the United Nations Committee Against Torture following its consideration of the initial report on Hong Kong on November 17, 1995.
In its written comments, the Committee noted as positive aspects:
- the creation of the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC); and
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.