WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987
THE POPULATION LIVING IN THE COUNTRY AND VILLAGES OUTSIDE THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 290 000. THE POPULATION LIVING INSIDE THE NEW TOWNS AREAS AND RURAL TOWNSHIPS WHICH INCLUDED SOME 119 000 PERSONS LIVING IN VILLAGE HOUSES AND OTHER STRUCTURES, WAS NOW ABOUT 1.6 MILLION, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT OUTSIDE NEW TOWNS AND RURAL TOWNSHIPS WAS MAINLY CARRIED OUT UNDER THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE CONTROLLED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AMOUNTED TO $12.3 MILLION IN 1983-84- $12.7 MILLION IN 1984-85 AND $13.5 MILLION IN 1985-86. EXPENDITURE FOR 1986-87 WOULD BE ABOUT $14.25 MILLION.
+FROM 1987-88 IMPROVEMENT WORKS OUTSIDE NEW TOWNS AND RURAL TOWNSHIPS WILL BE FUNDED BY MEANS OF A NEW PWP ITEM WHICH HAS $13 MILLION FOR NEW LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND $12 MILLION FOR URBAN FRINGE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS ACCESS ROADS IN AREAS ON THE FRINGES OF THE NEW TOWN, IN EACH OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, HE SAID.
+ IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A NEW PROVISION OF $7.5 MILLION FOR MAINTENANCE OF LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS.
+ THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ALSO SPENDS ABOUT $3 MILLION PER ANNUM ON RURAL SANITATION SCHEMES, AND A FAIRLY SMALL PART OF THE DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS IS ALSO SPENT ON THESE AREAS,+ HE SAID.
PAMPHLETS BEING PRODUCED ON GUIDELINES TO PREVENT AIDS
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NEW PUBLICITY MATERIAL BEING PREPARED WILL INCLUDE GUIDELINES ON HOW TO PREVENT INFECTIONS BY THE AIDS VIRUS AND OTHER MICRO- ORGANISMS WHEN CARRYING OUT ACUPUNCTURE, TATTOOING, EAR-PIERCING, SHAVING, MANICURE AND OTHER SIMILAR PROCEDURES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT ADVICE ON THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B THROUGH THE USE OF UNSTERILISED CONTAMINATED NEEDLES WAS INCLUDED IN PUBLICITY MATERIAL USED DURING A CAMPAIGN ON THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN 1983.
HOWEVER, THE PAMPHLETS PRODUCED DID NOT SPECIFICALLY REFER
TO THE USE OF NEEDLES BY ACUPUNCTURISTS AND TATTOOISTS.
MR CHAMBERS SAID IT WAS INTENDED TO DISTRIBUTE THE NEW PAMPHLETS AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE, IN ADDITION TO PUBLICITY THROUGH OTHER MEDIA SUCH AS POSTERS AND TELEVISION.
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