SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1983
BUILDING DESCRIPTIONS TO BE MORE CLEARLY DEF INED
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THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO AMEND THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE TO ELIMINATE DOUBTS ABOUT HOW DEFINITIONS OF TERMS DESCRIBING VARIOUS TYPES OF BUILDINGS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED.
THE TERMS, CONTAINED IN THE BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS,
ARE +DOMESTIC+; +NON-DOMESTIC+ AND +COMPOSITE+.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT)(NO. 3) BILL WOULD MAKE IT CLEARER THAT PREMISES USED FOR TRANSITORY OCCUPATION, SUCH AS HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES, WERE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RULES AS DOMESTIC PREMISES. IT WOULD ALSO ADD A DEFINITION OF +HABITATION NOT AVAILABLE IN CURRENT LEGISLATION.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO TRANSFER THE DEFINITIONS OF DOMESTIC, NON-DOMESTIC AND COMPOSITE BUILDINGS FROM SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION INTO THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE TO ENSURE CONSISTENT INTERPRETATION THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATION.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE BILL WAS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 7) AND, IF APPROVED. WOULD BECOME LAW TWO WEEKS LATER.
HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRES PROVE POPULAR
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO SET UP A THIRD HEALTH EDUCATION AUDIO-VISUAL CENTRE AT SAI TSO WAN IN KWUN TONG NEXT YEAR FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF ITS TWO CENTRES IN WAN CHAI AND SHA TIN,
THE CENTRE WILL PROVIDE A LARGE VARIETY OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS ON DIFFERENT MEDICAL AND HEALTH TOPICS FOR THE PUBLIC.
THE THREE CENTRES, UNDER THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT, WILL FORM A SERVICE NETWORK FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, DR S.C. LEUNG, A SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER, SAID.
THE FIRST TWO AUDIO-VISUAL CENTRES, SET UP A YEAR AGO, HAVE PROVED TO BE POPULAR. BY AUGUST, SOME 6 500 PEOPLE HAD USED THE FACILITIES, DR LEUNG SAID.
+BESIDES PROVIDING RICH REFERENCE MATERIALS ON HEALTH, WE HAVE MEDICAL AND NURSING OFFICERS AT EACH CENTRE TO OFFER ADVISORY SERVICES, WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS HEALTH, + DR LEUNG SAID.
THE MATERIALS