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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1983
ACCESS FOR DISABLED TO BUILDINGS STUDIED
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THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR CHAN NAI-KEONG, TODAY THAT INVESTIGATION INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVISING AN ELEMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR THE PROVISION OF ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED TO BUILDINGS HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
THE RESULTS, HE ADDED, WOULD SOON BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
MR CHAN WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE RECALLED THAT IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION THAT THE PROVISION OF ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED TO BUILDINGS SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY, SUBJECT TO IT BEING POSSIBLE TO DEVISE AN ELEMENT OF COMPENSATION WITH RESTRICTED APPLICATION TO THE ACCESS TO A BUILDING AND AWARDED BY WAY OF A BONUS PLOT RATIO FORMULA.
+THE DECISION WAS REACHED, TO THE BEST OF MY BELIEF, AS A MEANS OF MINIMISING THE IMPACT OF, AND POSSIBLE OPPOSITION TO, THE INTRODUCTION OF A MANDATORY CODE,+ HE SAID.
IN VIEW OF THE INNUMERABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS WHICH COULD BE ADOPTED TO MEET ANY ONE DESIGN REQUIREMENT, MR CHAN SAID, INVESTIGATION INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVISING SUCH AN ELEMENT OF COMPENSATION HAD TAKEN SOME TIME.
+THE INVESTIGATION HAS NOW BEEN CONCLUDED AND THE RESULTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE,+ HE ADDED.
SHARP WATCH FOR DOGS IN KOWLOON PARK
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KOWLOON PARK IS AT PRESENT A PARTICULAR PROBLEM AREA AND IS VISITED FREQUENTLY BY DOG CONTROL TEAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR THE HON JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE SAID IT WAS A LARGE OPEN AREA WHERE THE PHYSICAL CATCHING OF ALERT STRAY DOGS WAS DIFFICULT, AND TO AUGMENT THE WORK OF THE DOG CATCHERS, BAITED CAGE-TRAPS WERE BEING USED IN THE PARK, WITH PROMISING RESULTS.
DR RIDDELL-SWAN WAS REPLYING TO THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, WHO ASKED WHAT ACTION WAS BEING TAKEN TO REMOVE STRAY DOGS FROM PUBLIC PLEASURE GROUNDS SUCH AS KOWLOON PARK.
HE ADDED THAT REPORTS OF STRAY DOGS IN PLEASURE GROUNDS WERE FOLLOWED UP IMMEDIATELY.
SINCE APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, 3 158 STRAY DOGS HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN THE URBAN AREA AND OF THESE, 72 WERE FROM THE PUBLIC PLEASURE GROUNDS, INCLUDING 14 CAUGHT IN KOWLOON PARK DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS, HE SAID.
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