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IN ADDITION, MORE THAN HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS BELIEVED THAT MANDATORY HEALTH WARNING IN CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1983 WAS EFFECTIVE.
THE REPORT SAID THAT TELEVISION CONTINUES TO BE THE
AT THE MAJOR LEISURE ACTIVITY FOR MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG. END OF JUNE 1984, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 95 PER CENT OF ALL HOMES POSSESSED ONE OR MORE TELEVISION SETS.
THE BOARD FINDS THAT THE OVERALL FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE INDUSTRY IS BETTER SINCE THE PREVIOUS REPORT.
ALTHOUGH ONE OF THE STATIONS CONTINUED TO INCREASE ITS PROFITS, THE OTHER SUCCEEDED IN REDUCING ITS LOSSES AND ACHIEVING A SMALL PROFIT.
THE BOARD, HOWEVER, BELIEVES THAT GIVEN THE PRESENT STATE OF THE INDUSTRY, THE LICENSING OF FURTHER TELEVISION STATIONS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF FUTURE BROADCASTING POLICY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.
+FLOOR AREA+ IN PLACE OF +VOLUME+ PROPOSED
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A BILL SEEKING TO ENABLE REPLACEMENT BUILDINGS TO BE MEASURED IN +GROSS FLOOR AREA,+ RATHER THAN IN THE SAME +GROSS VOLUME AS THE BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED, WAS READ A SECOND TIME IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MOVING THE DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS (RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SITES) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, DR THE HON CHAN NAI-KEONG, EXPLAINED THAT OLD BUILDINGS NORMALLY HAD FAIRLY HIGH FLOOR-TO-CEILING HEIGHTS, AND HENCE LARGE VOLUME, WHILE MODERN BUILDINGS WITH LOWER CEILING HEIGHTS HAD LESS VOLUME FOR AN EQUIVALENT GROSS FLOOR AREA.
THIS HAD RESULTED IN RECENT RE-DEVELOPMENT CASES WHERE THE VOLUME REQUIREMENT COULD NOT BE FULFILLED EXCEPT BY UNNECESSARILY RAISING THE FLOOR-TO-CEILING HEIGHT BEYOND THAT REQUIRED IN THE BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS.
FOR THESE REASONS, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR GROSS FLOOR AREA,+ INSTEAD OF +VOLUME, TO BE REFERRED TO IN RE-DEVELOPMENT ORDERS, THUS BRINGING THE ORDINANCE INTO LINE WITH CURRENT BUILDING LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE, DR CHAN SAID.
THE BILL WAS INTENDED TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENT
TO SECTION 4(1) OF THE DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS (RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SITES) ORDINANCE, HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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