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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1987
HE SAID AT PRESENT THE POLICE HAVE ONLY THREE FIRING RANGES OUTSIDE THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL AND POLICE TACTICAL UNIT.
+THREE MORE ARE PLANNED TO BE READY WITHIN THE NEXT 3-4 YEARS,+ HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, A COMPUTER-AIDED LASER SIMULATOR WILL BE INTRODUCED AND WILL BE USING MORE VIDEO AND SLIDE PHOTOGRAPHY TO MAKE FIREARMS TRAINING MORE REALISTIC, HE ADDED.
PRIVATE STREET RESUMPTION SCHEME A SUCCESS
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A PILOT SCHEME ON PRIVATE STREETS RESUMPTION LAUNCHED IN 1983 HAS PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS AND WAS GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON CHIU HIN-KWONG, MR LEUNG SAID THAT SEVEN PRIVATE STREETS - FOUR IN KOWLOON AND THREE IN HONG KONG - WERE RESUMED UNDER THE ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE.
FOLLOWING RESUMPTION, ALL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE CLEARED AND ROAD SURFACES RECONSTRUCTED AND ALL WORKS WERE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED BY 1986.
+IN LIGHT OF THIS EXPERIENCE, NINE MORE PRIVATE STREETS WERE SELECTED IN EARLY 1986 FOR RESUMPTION. FIVE OF THESE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RESUMED AND CLEARANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION WORK WILL COMMENCE SHORTLY. PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE RESUMPTION OF THE REMAINDER IS IN HAND, HE ADDED.
MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT TO BETTER CO-ORDINATE THE CONTINUED RESUMPTION OF PRIVATE STREETS IDENTIFIED TO HAVE MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AND TO MONITOR PROGRESS, A PRIVATE STREET RESUMPTION COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED LAST AUGUST UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
+ANNUAL RESUMPTION PROGRAMMES HAVE NOW BEEN DRAWN UP. FOR 1987/88, 11 PRIVATE STREETS WILL BE RESUMED. FROM 1988/89 ONWARDS, THE RESUMPTION TARGET WILL BE INCREASED TO 25 STREETS EACH YEAR, SUBJECT TO RESOURCES BEING MADE AVAILABLE, MR LEUNG SAID.
THE PRIVATE STREET RESUMPTION COMMITTEE HAD DRAWN UP A SET OF SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING PRIORITIES.
/+THESE CRITERIA