„EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1978
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WHERE THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE PERMISSION OF THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY MUST BE OBTAINED AND THE BUILDING AUTHORITY OR THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES HAS THE POWER TO REMOVE OR RENDER SAFE THOSE STRUCTURES WHICH THEY CONSIDER DANGEROUS AND WOULD CONSTITUTE A FIRE HAZARD, MR. JONES SAID.
HOWEVER, MR. JONES SAID IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL TO EXERCISE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE DESIGN AND ERECTION OF ALL ADVERTISING SIGNS AS IT WOULD REQUIRE A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN TECHNICAL MANPOWER THAT WOULD BE +OUT OF THE SCALE WITH THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM+,
HE GAVE EXAMPLES THAT THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU HAD REMOVED ONLY ONE SIGN IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS BECAUSE IT CONSTITUTED A FIRE HAZARD AND THE BUILDING AUTHORITY OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAD REMOVED ONLY 25 SIGNS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION OR THREATENED TO BECOME SO.
MEASURES AGAINST OWNERS OF
DRUG SMUGGLING VESSELS BEING STUDIED
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE IS STUDYING POSSIBLE MEASURES WHICH MIGHT BE TAKEN AGAINST OWNERS OF VESSELS ON WHICH DANGEROUS DRUGS HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY SEIZED.
THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IN REPLY TO
A QUESTION FROM THE REV. THE HON. PATRICK MCGOVERN.
MR. DAVIES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MATTER AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS HAD ALSO DISCUSSED THE ISSUE AT ITS MEETING IN JANUARY.
+ENQUIRIES ARE ALSO BEING MADE OF ADMINISTRATIONS ABROAD WITH A VIEW TO LEARNING WHAT SANCTIONS, IF ANY, EXIST TO MEET SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES IN THEIR COUNTRIES,+ HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT A TOTAL OF 893 SEARCHES ON VESSELS WERE CARRIED OUT LAST YEAR AND RANDOM SEARCHES WILL CONTINUE UNABATED.