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great deal of resources to deal with the problem, such as thestaff costs of the Lease Enforcement Teams, the charges leviedby the LR for confirmation of the ownership details and theregistrations against the property titles and other departmentalexpenses. These costs are all borne by the Government.4.5 The law does not provide heavier penalties for repeatedbreaches. The same process of investigation and follow-upactions will be repeated exactly as if the breach was committedfor the first time and the owner will only be compelled to removethe UBW again without extra penalties. In some cases the removaland reinstallation have been made easy by the use of light-weightremovable materials in the construction of UBW, e.g. the use ofaluminium frames that can be easily clipped on to form anenclosed balcony.Priority4.6 The Executive Council had decided in December 1975 thepriorities for lease enforcement work. With reference to thatdecision, unauthorized additions to buildings has been accordeda relatively low priority among other infringements as mentionedin paragraph 3.1. Therefore, DLOs tend to accord a low priorityto lease enforcement against UBW in NTEH. Understandably,'priority and therefore resource are often channelled to moreurgent tasks like the resumption of land for development purposesand the processing of SH applications where delay may result insignificant increases in cost to the Government or attractcriticism or complaints from the legislature and the public.Comparatively speaking, there is no compelling urgency inhandling most UBW cases.Resources4.7 The amount of resources assigned to the LeaseEnforcement Section of each DLO varies, but a typical set up willinclude one SLE, (mostly on a part time basis) , one LandExecutive (LE), one or two Land Inspector I (LI/I) and one or twoLI/IIs, mostly on a full time basis. In the case of theDLO/Islands however, the Lease Enforcement Teams there,comprising 1^ LEs, itf LIs/I and 2 LIs/II, has to cover fourislands, viz, Cheung Chau, Lamma, Peng Chau and Lantau. Two DLOshave two teams but in terms of establishment and strength theywere not better off than the other DLOs. A detailed breakdownof the establishment and strengths of each of the DLO's LeaseEnforcement Section as at December 1995 is set out in the tablebelow -- 19 -