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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1984
EFFORT MADE TO REDUCE RAILWAY NOISE
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BOTH THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND THE KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OF NOISE AT STATIONS AND DEPOTS AND WERE TAKING OR WOULD BE TAKING MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE NUISANCE CAUSED, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON NICKY CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO ON WHETHER THERE WERE ANY GUIDELINES OR CODE OF PRACTICE WITH REGARD TO NOISE REDUCTION MEASURES THAT THE DEVELOPER OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ABOVE MTR/KCR STATIONS AND THE CORPORATIONS HAD TO ABIDE BY.
MR CHAN SAID THERE WERE NO GUIDELINES OR CODE OF PRACTICE WITH WHICH THEY MUST COMPLY.
+ IT IS, I AM AFRAID, INEVITABLE THAT A RAILWAY DEPOT GENERATES NOISE AND THAT SUCH NOISE IS PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE AT NIGHT WHEN TRAINS WHICH HAVE COMPLETED THEIR DAY'S WORK HAVE TO BE STABLED, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE NEED FOR SAFE RAILWAY WORK ING, MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE NUISANCE CAUSED WOULD BE TAKEN, HE ADDED.
COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS SCHEME BACKED
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THERE WERE TWO KEY ELEMENTS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS SCHEME, DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS BILL 1984, DR HO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK TO BE DONE AND THE NEED FOR PROPER COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE IN MAKING THE SCHEME A SUCCESS.
TWO OTHER MEMBERS, HON F.K. HU AND HON MISS MARIA TAM, ALSO SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
ELABORATING ON THE ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME, DR HO SAID: +FIRSTLY, AS THE OFFENDER IS SENTENCED TO PERFORM CERTAIN TASKS IN PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT, IT IS HOPED THAT IN CARRYING OUT THE ASSIGNED TASK, THE OFFENDER WILL BE ABLE TO SEC THAT HE HAS RESTORED SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH HE HAS DAMAGED, OR THAT HE CAN CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE HAPPINESS OR WELL-BEING OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS, AND HENCE DEVELOP A NEW SENSE OF PURPOSE OF LIFE.+
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