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+ THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT STRINGENT MEASURES AND SINCE AUGUST, 465 DOGS IN THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AND 124 STRAY DOGS ROUNDED UP, HE SAID.
DR CHENG URGED DOG OWNERS TO HAVE THEIR ANIMALS INOCULATED AND TO KEEP THEIR PETS UNDER PROPER CONTROL.
+ INOCULATION AGAINST RABIES AND CONTROL OF STRAYS ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT AN OUTBREAK OF THE DISEASE.
+ ANY PERSON WHO KEEPS A DOG OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD WHICH IS NOT INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES, OR WHO LETS HIS DOG STRAY, IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $5 000 AND TO SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT,+ HE SAID.
ON LOK TSUEN OFFERS SCOPE FOR INDUSTRY
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NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, TODAY (MONDAY) URGED INDUSTRIALISTS TO GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AT ON LOK TSUEN BY BIDDING FOR TWO SITES TO BE AUCTIONED ON FRIDAY.
THE SITES, COVERING 1 096 AND 2 029 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY AND WITH A PLOT RATIO RANGING FROM THREE TO FIVE, ARE THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL LOTS TO BE SOLD IN THE FANLING-SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN,
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE NT NORTH DISTRICT MANUFACTURER'S ASSOCIATION, MR CHEUNG SAID THE ON LOK TSUEN INDUSTRIAL AREA IN PARTICULAR AND NORTH DISTRICT IN GENERAL HAD GREAT POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD EARMARKED $137 MILLION FOR THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF ROADS AND DRAINAGE IN ON LOK TSUEN AND SO FAR $95 MILLION HAD BEEN SPENT, HE SAID.
+NO DOUBT NOW IS THE TIME FOR INDUSTRIALISTS TO MAKE THEIR INVESTMENT,+ HE SAID.
MR CHEUNG CITED AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF WORKERS AS ONE OF SEVERAL FACTORS IN ON LOK TSUEN'S FAVOUR.
WITH THE COMPLETION OF NEW HOUSING ESTATES AND OTHER, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS, THE POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT WOULD RISE FROM THE PRESENT 175 000 TO 250 000 BY 1995, HE SAID.
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