TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1983
DEBATE ON THE FOLLOWING THREE OTHER BILLS WILL BE RESUMED: ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS) BILL 1983, LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983, AND LANDS TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT} BILL 1983.
AT QUESTION TIME, THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO BE ASKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS IN WHICH FIRE-ARMS OR DANGEROUS DRUGS WERE FOUND BEING SMUGGLED IN BY PERSONS ENTERING AND RE-ENTERING FROM CHINA, AND ABOUT THE SECURITY MEASURES ENFORCED AT BORDER CHECKPOINTS TO PREVENT SUCH ACTIVITIES.
AND A QUESTION WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THE ANNUAL CRIME RATE
OF FEMALE OFFENDERS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS,
SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS WILL DEAL WITH SUCH MATTERS AS THE CERTIFICATES OF NO CRIMINAL CONVICTION, THE GOVERNMENT'S PRESENT THINKING ABOUT A SECOND HARBOUR CROSSING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND EAST KOWLOON, AS WELL AS ABOUT MOSQUITO-BRED DISEASES AND PROSECUTIONS AGAINST PEOPLE CAUSING MOSQUITOES TO BREED ON PREMISES OR LAND UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
QUESTIONS WILL ALSO BE ASKED ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER 12 AT CASUALTY DEPARTMENTS IN SOME HOSPITALS, AND WHETHER THERE ARE SUFFICIENT MEDICAL AND PARA-MEDICAL STAFF TO MEET DEMANDS, AS WELL AS THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALIFIED STAFF TO MEET PROJECTED NEEDS.
TRADE DIRECTOR VISITS TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD TODAY VISITED A HIGH TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONICS FACTORY AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
THE TOUR WAS PART OF MR MACLEOD'S FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME TO LOCAL INDUSTRIES, TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT AS THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR NIGEL SHIPMAN AND MR C.W. LAU, ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF TRADE, MR MACLEOD VISITED RCL-SEMICONDUCTORS LTD. AND WAS WELCOMED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR S.C. TSUI.
THE FACTORY, WHICH BEGAN PRODUCTION IN SEPTEMBER 1981, MANUFACTURES INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, SEMICONDUCTORS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES FOR THE LOCAL MARKET AND FOR EXPORT TO EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA,
MR MACLEOD THEN CALLED ON THE ESTATE MANAGER, MR ROGER CHENG WHO ESCORTED HIM ON A TOUR OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND BRIEFED HIM.
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