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Mr. Lee Yu-tai:- Sir, may I refer to paragraph 1 of the answer and

request the Secretary for District administration to inform this

Council whether or not Government is completely satisfied with the

present situation and how about deeds of covenant for old buildings?

Secretary for District Administration:- Sir, deeds of mutual covenant

are contracts between consenting parties and some form of retrospective

legislation will be required if it is to apply to the existing deeds of

mutual covenant. It involves a great deal of work and therefore as a

start, intention is to start on a new leasehold of non-industrial buildings.

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