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+THE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY TARDY IN ITS INVESTIGATION, - HE SAID. +UPON MY REPEATED PROD, IT FINALLY SUBMITTED !T REPORT ON THE 16TH OF LAST MONTH WHICH WAS PROMPTLY DISCUSSED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING ON THE 4T OF THIS MONTH.
+ IN THE PAPERS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IT WAS ADMITTED THAT THE NUMBER OF BILLIARD SALOONS OPERATED BY CLUBS TREBLED OR QUADRUPLED THE LICENSED ONES. BUT THE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE ALREADY IN OPERATION BE TOLERATED.
+THE DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY
A DECISION ON THE MATTER THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCILLORS. WILL BE MADE SHORTLY AFTER FURTHER DELIBERATIONS,+ HE SAID.
ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR ABERDEEN RCP BEING EXAMINED
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DETAILED DESIGN WORK ON THE PROPOSED REFUSE COLLECTION POINT (RCP) AT ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD HAS BEEN HELD UP IN VIEW OF OBJECTIONS TO ITS LOCATION AND THE REQUEST FROM THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, SAID DR DENNY HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY MR JOSEPH CHAN AT THE OPEN MEETING OF THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY, DR HUANG SAID: THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE ALTERNATIVE SITES SUGGESTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD IS BEING EXAMINED BY DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
+SINCE THE SITE AT ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD WAS CHOSEN AFTER LONG DELIBERATIONS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER SITE IN THE VICINITY WHERE ALL THE REQUIREMENT CAN BE MET.+
AS REGARDS THE PROPOSED RCP AT APLICHAU MAIN STREET, DR HUANG SAID THAT AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WERE SATISFIED THAT NO ALTERNATIVE SITE WAS AVAILABLE.
HE NOTED THAT THE EXISTING TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT THE WESTERN END OF APLICHAU MAIN STREET WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED NEXT YEAR TO MAKE WAY FOR THE APLICHAU RECLAMATION AND ASSOCIATED WORKS.
+ IT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROPOSED NEW REFUSE COLLECTION POINT TO BE COMPLETED IN TIME TO MAINTAIN THE REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE IN THE AREA.
+CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW RCP IS NOW EXPECTED TO START IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1986, + DR HUANG SAID.
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