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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1978
PROGRESS OF WORK ON STABILISING SLOPES
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PREVENTIVE WORKS ON SOME 80 MAJOR FILL SLOPES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE IN HAND, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. S. L. CHEN ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S SLOPE STABILISATION PROGRAMME.
MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT MINOR WORKS HAD ALSO BEEN CARRIED OUT ON MANY OTHER SLOPES AND RETAINING WALLS.
BUT HE POINTED OUT THAT PRIORITY HAD BEEN GIVEN TO WORKS ON SLOPES AFFECTING HOUSING, HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS.
+ IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT FURTHER WORKS WILL BE NECESSARY FOLLOWING THE COMPREHENSIVE GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYS NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN, BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THESE WILL INVOLVE, + HE ADDED.
POLICE BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO BE EXTENDED
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THE GOVERNEMNT HAS PROVIDED $10.3 MILLION IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR TO EXTEND THE POLICE BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO SHA TIN, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND THE AIRPORT.
THIS WAS REVEALED TODAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY THE HON. LEXIS DAVIES, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. MRS. KWAN KO SIU-WAH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
CONSIDERATION IS ALSO BEING GIVEN TO EXTENDING THE EEAT RADIO COVERAGE TO OTHER NEW TOWNS AND LATER TO THE WHOLE OF THE TERRITORY INCLUDING THE MARINE POLICE DISTRICT AT AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL CAPITAL COST OF 084 MILLION, MR. DAVIES ADDED.
MR. DAVIES SAID THE SCHEME WHICH WAS INTRODUCED ON HONG KONG ISLAND IN DECEMBER 1976, TO KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN IN MARCH 1977, AND TO KOWLOON THREE MONTHS LATER, HAS ALREADY GREATLY IMPROVED THE ABILITY OF THE POLICE FORCÉ TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO REPORTS OF CRIME, OR ANY OTHER INCIDENT WARRANTING POLICE ATTENTION IN AREAS COVERED BY BEAT PATROLS.
+ IN KOWLOON, KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN, THE TIME LAPSE BETWEEN AN EMERGENCY CALL BEING RECEIVED AND POLICE APPEARING ON THE SCENE HAS BEEN REDUCED OF A AVERAGE FROM SIX MINUTES TO FOUR MINUTES ..HILE ON HONG KONG ISLAND THE RESPONSE TIME HAS IMPROVED FRC FIVE MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES,+ HE SAID.
MR. DAVIES