EFFECT OF THE GENERAL REVALUATION ON GOVERNMENT RENT ON MAIN PROPERTY CLASSES



 
  1999-2000
 
Property Type Average Reduction
in Rateable Value
New Average
Rent Payable
Savings
 
 
% $ per
month
 
$ per
month
 
 
 
 
 
Small Domestic Premises(1)
(Private)
17  165   34
Medium Domestic Premises(1)
(Private)
22 346   99
Large Domestic Premises(1)
(Private)
21 735   198  
Public Domestic Premises(2)
 
21 100   26
All Domestic Premises(3)
 
18 178   40
Shops and Commercial Premises
 
10 812   95
Offices
 
24 1,242     387  
Industrial Premises(4)
 
21 493   133  
All Non-domestic Premises(5)
 
12 814   109  
All Properties
 
15 284   51
 
    1. Domestic units are classified by relation to saleable areas as below :
      Small domestic up to 69.9 m2 (up to 752 sq. ft.)
      Medium domestic 70 m2 to 99.9 m2 (753 sq. ft. - 1 075 sq. ft.)
      Large domestic
       
      100 m2 and over
       
      (1 076 sq. ft. and above)
       
    2. Including Housing Authority and Housing Society rental units which are subject to Government rent

    3. Including car parking spaces

    4. Including factories and storage premises

    5. Including miscellaneous premises such as hotels, cinemas, petrol filling stations, schools, car parking spaces


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