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For nearly three hours the Legislative Council was engaged yesterday after con in debating the Bul amending the Rents

An Unofficial kinond ment to the effect that applications for permits to demolish occupi-d property be referred to ■ Committes whice should mave power to Stans an extension of the notice to quit was defeated after a

"breeza" between H. E, the Governor and Mr Pollset.

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The Anorney General moved the jin all reques, is available.” second reading of a Bill entituled: Įmach, Sir, for the Objects and Rea- An Ordinance to amend the Rentssons read out by the Hon. Åttorney Ordinance, d

General on the first reading of the het Hill,

On the second reasing of Įthat Hill, the Hua Attorney General said-I am quoting from Hunsard

The Colonial Secretary secondeili

HON. MR. POLLOCK'S

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The Head Mr. Pollock: Str. as 1oif down the fire column, page so

adres tins Comel

VỀ Heuerrd lr 1921-The need for Hve manes of principle in connection se legislation on the subject has with the Ball. I think it would be fleen wairly recognised. The main the power to protect objectstate advisable that I luld make my remarks now upon the motion for tenants from mareasonable increases their gents and from arbitrary In counecian the seemi peading.

temination of their tenanerer. this, I was pleased to real e leading Atriebe in the Hongkonglother words to keep a roof over the Telegraph of June sth. that the lands of present scompiers and to tovernment is prepared to consider it-test them Long excessive exploi STEAM LAUNCH FOR SALE.estens witen the Bill comes ap

for the proud reading; ami 1 Dope Somewhere to Live and Sleep. Mir. that in a matter of this in And again in the second column pectance the fovernment, thoughjof page the Hua. Attorney Gen

has had to ensifier Feral, after referring to the shortage This 'I to a certain extent in cerd-voasioned by the influx of strangars, Photographers Plate Suppůlu

tain of its bearings, will for the mow: The two weapons which it always in stock roli filmu, ¦ quartiteurs of this Conant retain and the B:1), provides are the provi Piest of son of standard rent and the pric caners, papers, and pictures of pars - au mpen mil

While the de of as, sjectment local and S. China views,

all. Sur. I should like to begin by manteive this Council of the tarter kit regalos in force the standard of parozzaplı al fin first reit abas will be payable, and as part of paragraphs and the ringwin Cheng as the tenant pays that reat Laut Reasons which were attuneed to.jand complies with the other terms Best Retes Bit the Rent Bid his tenany ne cannot be turned od magt huge casts and Beasmetin Wal, regard to the influx of red by the Attorney General priauges From elsewhere the Bill Lone the first selling of the Bill, ami [prakles"that the present occupiers gre exfent were repeated by falin are patent desidents of the on the serend realing. The net ny sjal - be turned van me ume that this tj osonment, in flair leas ́s to make way for people 92 The Rate Mil, Card to quais founding from wutside.??

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European residential arm on the Kowloon Peninsula, which. I be- lieve, has changed hands at soar." ing prices something like seven times during the past three months. Now, Sir, I should like to giva a few instance to this Council of the way in which this reconstruction which is going ou is affecting existing different clave of the Chiz

I will mention es community.

Of course, I do. certain instances. not pretend to say that there in stances are exhaustive, int I think that they are very significant and they show that there is a certain

is of reconstruction going ca which ought not to be allowed to take place, because the premises sought to be reconstructed, al- though only in some cases, are re- ported by the, Building Authority being either on a good condition or in fair condition as the case

the instances which sent the Chi may be. Les me take first of all

Dese business man.

reconstruet it so as to make it a deep ont in the open air in the And again w building unler the Publicstreet, but I think that observation The dre angeat the Hon. "Attorney General say, in Health Ordinance, be shall be hardly applies to weather such as keep a meat on me bue i malik of bum while of the first column of entitied to turn the tenant out one are experiencing at the present. This Another drawback of these recon- The Objects of the Ban giving three months native.” imports, ani ria seconds 7:

clause was my commented vastraction schemes is that they have fubject was to protect them from to key and over the heads of

To give them farther by aushaly, hart was Forte the immediate effect--and aubody from "xisting openports, -xemxsis- -Xotation, z lowing to pay more than a bar real Somewhere to live and sleep" Bally inserted on the motion of the un help then from having that

the And indeed this effect of reducing Now. Su, an order to make it clear

-tated in principle is

the Alterung Genera Pak these were the ohjeese witeitech by your Exerliency, deelu. particular claus 4 by 10 sermed to housing accommodation," and they unble" whatever, I thereby increase the housing shor- tas dovermarsit low, before thetajale taat an emergency exists for have giymer ser

The fourth point to be con- when the Chodrzatore for the was bapensing with the standing ordet lur as can be ascertained, whilst tage jutsmed. I paupose to read to this I may ad från page of, Howard the Retta Ordinance of 1991 was sidered in connection with the fore. In the middle of lastemes of resoustruction is that frath EXIFacts

The grounais for this defin

rear the Rents Ordinance of 1021 they indues competition for skilled Drpets and Reasons wis en ware) Daratanu are dat wa the object

and “building materials, Treudi na na the Bun mading of the bad tue Hill is to protect the tenants WA superceded by the Rents Ordin- | Labour

ance of 1922, and a far as I can thereby increasing both the, difi- Home tipiinaked 1921.

of domestic territmos from "ztrea Jemahte ineteams in their ventals her. even a few months afternities and cost of carrying at our The Guiding Principles. For remarks of the Hon. Attorney land from arbitrary termination of the Rents Ordinater of a was of the main objects the Govers Heuera' schiel. I am going to refer their renaturies, and as rents have passed, this clauses 4 ty ti prartiment has at heart for the purpose tes to the feet pace will be found fees and a being raised area rally occasioned no trouble at all of relieving the present shortage, foil the greetion of new buildings en gethod standard, and I begin tably, and as attringits have left is only during the last

to, qu taiton from, parempi" speed and are Spitz made to ejects since I think, the begin-jum sites that have not previously

Abn or agwilling and an one of this year that events ben built p alad tape first gears of par amplio cijimants

de mandand of china, complexi

Some Examples: the tapets

All Classes and Races. Taan 1 „Roue die of the fable so pag such ineprasni gents.

Jerable t

o easy money and

There can be co doubt, Sir, that

The first case I will take to that 100% dei matere tre That part of

De clut Coffea rather wild spirit of land specular this craze for reconstructing has of 216 to 25F De Voeux Road The thon have cased the present ab-hit the peonie of all races in the Central, nearly opposite the Wing

¡ Colony.

It has hit the Chinese, on premises. These buildings were spormal state of affairs. Citat un liegt es que Chanthandį"lassen, vài nḥ the Mili proposers ca

working man, it has hit the Chinese erected in the year 1944, and they Inngrends

select

clerk, it has even it the Chinese

are stated by the Building Ordin- respiens in Bengkong

Let jus susider now brisly the basicoss man "carrying on an old socs afficer to be in a fair condition. buld for, theunselves. | The dong quotations, Sir. 1|position which exists at the present established business. It has hit These tensots have sent in a letter will thank me angly silthewent to sin times Immanus of tenants who members of the Portuguese com- to me quite recently on the th Incurtio lie have their teamregea Mtials of was the seams intention fare perfectly willing mot able to munity, who find themselves being June--with the chops of 17 hrs

uded as the old temoney tehasise fut pullovefameût on puutert pew pay the stalked con: have

upon it. The letter reads as fol WINES & SPIRITS Nay the standard cenfants, the maisting ecuplers,injevicted, " are bring threatened they ba o occupied for very ADY low Si We have the honour to inform you that we; being house- wol of they are turned out a will be her then holdings abeiately and with eviction through a fault of gente past and it is beginuing to

Best future, bolders of ten premises, No. 216 te ir fault of their own pletely a ditheus sopho their wa, and even in ca- who bit, and in the

unless soms steps

taken, 234 Des Voeux Rond Central, have ve to their fillure or inability to pay so long as they pay the stamlard fresh pompises are available, they will very seriously hit, numbers been notified to remos Bột thị the standard rent. "There is one ex-rent. Unfortunately, Sir, dagse are compelled, and I say in practif British residents over on the 18th inst", which date de drawing reption to akis statement, dë. when jet) (5) Dijged into the Bill is in eally all cases, to pay a higher rent Kowloon Peninsula, for it is com very Dear. We have pleaded The Jankoud enquires" the premises feferred to by the Attorney General than they have been paying hither knowledge that several pro- with the Chinese Protector to do ijfur, his own scupation tree clause fun page 68 of Hansard: "It is Another factor in the presentperties in the middle of the central what be ca

yet with no result. It 4 (12 in; but even in that case the proposed to wid a

Para-situation is that hundreds of perpart of the Kowlor Peninsula bus tenant will not be turned out unless graph to subclause 1 by clause 4.|xons at (be present mumant bave, during the past few months, is quite evident that these ten | the fourt is satisfied that alterative providing that if a landlord steping in the streets. Well, Sir. 'changed hands at very high prices. premises have no reason to be re- « eommodation, reasonably equiva Eide requires persanesion of a domes have heard the observation made There is one well-known property, built, as they were established in (Continued on Pogës 4, 0 and 19) Jent, za regards peut and sirability the tenement to pull it down

arthat it is a bice, healthy thing in practically in the middle of the

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