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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1985
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IN MOVING A MOTION TO ADOPT THE REPORT, MR. CHEONG-LEEN HAILED THE NEW VOLUME AS BEING RICHER IN ILLUSTRATION, AND ALSO MORE LOGICALLY STRUCTURED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.+
REFERRING TO THE TITLE, INCOMPARABLE HONG KONG+, AND THE SUB-TITLE, +A CITY WITH FAITH IN ITS FUTURE+, HE SAID: +THESE PHRASES SEEM TO ME TO REFLECT TRULY THE PRIDE THAT WE FEEL IN THIS UNIQUE CITY.
+THEY ALSO REMIND US OF ON-GOING TASKS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES - CHALLENGES WHICH I AM SURE THE COUNCIL WILL MEET WITH CONFIDENCE AND RESOLUTION.+
THE REPORT, PRICED AT $15, IS NOW ON SALE AT THE URBAN COUNCIL'S PUBLICATIONS CENTRES IN ICE HOUSE STREET AND ON THE MEZZANINE FLOOR OF THE KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY BUILDING IN PUI CHING ROAD, AS WELL AS AT ITS BOOKSHOP IN
IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE THE FOYER OF THE CITY HALL LOW BLOCK. AT ALL LEADING BOOKSHOPS IN HONG KONG.
URBCO TO RETURN ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS CONTROL
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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO RETURN TO THE GOVERNMENT ALL ITS CONTROL POWERS ON ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS.
THIS WAS STATED BY DR KIM CHAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE ADMINISTRATION SELECT COMMITTEE, WHEN REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY MR KWAN LIM-HO AT THE COUNCIL'S OPEN MEETING TODAY.
DR CHAM POINTED OUT THAT UNDER CURRENT LEGISLATION, THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS POWER TO LICENSE +SKY SIGNS+, AND TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF ANY ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH THE COUNCIL THINKS WOULD DISFIGURE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF ANY SCENERY OR AFFECT INJURIOUSLY THE AMENITY OF ANY LOCALITY. į
+IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE THEORETICAL POWER TO LICENSE SKY SIGNS, IT HAS NEVER EXERCISED THIS AUTHORITY BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF SKY SIGN'. FORMERLY CONTAINED IN THE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION ORDINANCE WHICH WAS REPEALED IN 1960 FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, NO LONGER EXISTS,+ HE SAID.
/AS REGARDS