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Answer:

Mr President,

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of the number of public housing estate tenants who were issued warnings by the Housing Department or who had their tenancy agreements terminated in the past two years owing to a breach of the rule;

whether there are staff in the public housing estate offices of the Housing Department who are specifically assigned to enforce the rule; and

whether, in addition to the termination of the tenancy agreement of the offending tenants, the Housing Department will take other measures to strictly enforce the rule; if not, why not?

As at February 1996, the Housing Department was handling about 200 households keeping dogs and took enforcement action in every case. Between April 1994 and February 1996, the Department issued warnings to about 2,630 households for breaking the rule. In two of these cases, the tenancies were terminated. Other tenants disposed of their dogs on the advice of the Department.

duties.

Enforcement action is taken by housing estate staff as part of their normal

The Housing Department is tightening up enforcement action. With effect from April 1996, only one written warning will be served on an offending tenant requiring him to dispose of the dog within 14 days, failing which his tenancy will be terminated.

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