FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1985
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TSUEN WAN BRIGHTENS UP
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THE TOWN CENTRE OF TSUEN WAN WAS LIT UP THIS EVENING, FOLLOWING THE SWITCHING-ON OF FESTIVE LIGHTINGS BY MRS MABEL HAYES, WIFE OF THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVE LIGHTINGS AND DECORATIONS, PUT UP BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AT A COST OF $150 000, ARE LOCATED ON THE FOOTBRIDGE ADJACENT TO FOU WAH CENTRE, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, THE JUNCTION OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND THE TSING YI BRIDGE ROUNDABOUT.
THE DECORATIONS FEATURE A GOLDEN OX AND BEAUTIFULLY-DESIGNED CHINESE LANTERNS WITH NEW YEAR GREETINGS,
THE LIGHTS WILL BE ON BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT DAILY UNTIL FEBRUARY 26.
POLICY ON OFFENSIVE TRADES EXPLAINED
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ALL ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFENSIVE TRADES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD TO BE LICENSED AND OPERATED IN BUILDINGS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND AWAY FROM DEVELOPMENT AREAS, URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF KWAI CHUNG, MR LEE SHEUNG-YEE, SAID TODAY.
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF LICENSING THE OFFENSIVE TRADES WAS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND MINIMISE NUISANCE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD MR LEE SAID. HE WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ON MULTI-STOREY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT, ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, FOR SOME 300 FACTORY OWNERS OF TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG, AT THE KIANGSU CHEK IANG COLLEGE AT HING SHING ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG.
TWENTY-FIVE TRADES, INCLUDING THE PROCESSING OF SHARKS' FIN, BOILING OF LARD OR FAT, DRESSING OR TANNING OF LEATHER HAD BEEN DECLARED AS OFFENSIVE TRADES, MR LEE SAID.
THE MECHANCIAL PROCESS OF LICENSING WAS TO MAKE UNSUITABLE OR SUB-STANDARD PREMISES, NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF OFFENSIVE TRADE, FIT TO BE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE OF AN OFFENSIVE NATURE, ON COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FORMULATED BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY, HE SAID,
HE EXPLAINED THAT GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON OFFENSIVE TRADES WAS TO SITE SUCH INDUSTRIES IN AREAS THAT WOULD CAUSE MINIMUM NUISANCE TO THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT, AND TO IMPOSE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
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