WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1977

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MORE FILMS FOR SHOWING TO CHILDREN

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AT HIS NEXT MEETING WITH FILM PROD', CERS AND DISTRIBUTORS IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER WILL RAISE THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWING MORE FILMS SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. F.K. LI, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID HE WOULD ASK THE COMMISSIONER, WHO MEETS THE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS INFORMALLY ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST, TO RAISE THE MATTER.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN HAD ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF ENCOURAGING THE SHOWING OF MORE SUCH FILMS SO AS TO PROVIDE THE CHILDREN WITH A GREATER WHOLESOME CHOICE.

KOWLOON WALLED CITY ENVIRONMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVED

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THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES A NUMBER OF SERVICES WITHIN THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THESE SERVICES AS FAR AS IS PRACTICABLE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN TODAY ON GOVERNMENT PLANS TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA.

SIR DENYS POINTED OUT THAT AMONG THE SERVICES WERE THE COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF NIGHTSOIL AND REFUSE, THE PROVISION OF LATRINES, INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES, PEST CONTROL, CHLORINATION OF WELLS, THE PROVISION OF STAND PIPES, THE CLEARANCE OF DRAINS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ORDER.

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