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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1974.
GOVERNMENT IN FAVOUR OF HOVERCRAFT PRODUCTION INDUSTRY.
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THE GOVERNMENT WOULD WISH TO ENCOURAGE THE PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG OF HOVERCRAFT - AN INDUSTRY INVOLVING A HIGH DEGREE OF TECHNOLOGY.
AND AN APPLICATION FOR LAND FOR THESE PURPOSES HAS BEEN RECEIVED. IN THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. JAMES WU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THE HON, JAMES ROBSON, SAID THAT PROVIDED THE APPLICATION WAS GENUINE, +WE WILL CERTAINLY DO OUR BEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE A SUITABLE SITE.+
HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC LEGISLATION
COVERING HOVERCRAFT OF THE SEALAND TYPES RECENTLY BROUGHT TO HONG KONG. IF THEY WERE TO BE USED OPERATIONALLY IN HONG KONG WATERS, AS OPPOSED TO BEING USED FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES, HE ADDED, SUCH LEGISLATION WOULD BE NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, MR. ROBSON POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NOW POSSIBLE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE TO PERMIT THE OPERATION OF A SPECIFIC HOVERCRAFT PROVIDED IT WAS APPROPRIATELY CERTIFICATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
BUT HE WARNED THAT IT WAS BY NO MEANS CERTAIN THAT- HOVERCRAFT WOULD PROVE SUITABLE FOR EXTENSIVE OPERATIONAL USE IN HONG KONG AS THEY WEREI, FOR INSTANCE, KNOWN TO BE EXTREMELY NOISY AND MIGHT PROVĚ UNSUITABLE FOR USE IN EITHER RECREATIONAL AND HARBOUR WATERS.
STABILITY OF ST. TERESA'S CHURCH TOWER
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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. WILLIAM BELL TODAY ASSURED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT HE AS THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS THE QUESTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY +VERY MUCH IN MIND+. IN CONNECTION WITH THE TOWER AT ST. TERESA'S CHURCH.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. ROGER LOBO. HE SAID THAT THE CONDITION OF THE TOWER WAS BEING MONITORED AND IF ANY ACTION BECAME NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC SAFETY, IT WOULD BE TAKEN.
HE ADDED THAT SUCH ACTION HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN IN MAY THIS YEAR BUT NO FURTHER ACTION WAS NECESSARY AT THE PRESENT TIME.
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