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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1987
MR BRIDGE SAID THE GOVERNMENT AND THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WERE LOOKING INTO THE MEASURES OF IMPROVING THE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF THE DISABLED, INCLUDING THE BLIND.
HE SAID THEY WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY BY THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.
26 EX-SERVICEMEN APPLY FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
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TWENTY-SIX APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SINCE APRIL 30, 1986 FOR REGISTRATION AS BRITISH CITIZENS UNDER SECTION 4(5) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 FROM EX-SERVICEMEN, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THEY ARE BDTC'S OR OTHER BRITISH NATIONALS WHO HAVE SERVED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS OF OTHER HONG KONG GOVERNMENT UNITS AS SPECIFIED IN THE FIRST CATEGORY UNDER THE ACT.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JOHN SWAINE, MR JEAFFRESON SAIB 17 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN APPROVED AND NINE WERE STILL BEING PROCESSED,
·AS REGARDS EX-SERVICEMEN IN THE SECOND CATEGORY (NON-BDTC'S OR NON-BRITISH OR THOSE WHOSE SERVICE WAS NOT WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BUT WITH THE REGULAR FORCES), THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY APPLICATIONS SO FAR, HE SAID.
HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIERS NOT SUITABLE TO HK *****
THERE ARE FEW LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG WHERE NOISE BARRIERS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, MR BARNES SAID A STUDY OF NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES USED IN JAPAN WAS CARRIED OUT IN JULY 1985 BY A MEMBER OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
HIS MAIN FINDING WAS THAT NOISE BARRIERS WERE WIDELY USED, AND FAIRLY WELL SUITED TO JAPAN, WHERE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS MOSTLY LOW RISE. MR BARNES SAID MOST SUCH BARRIERS COULD ONLY EFFECTIVELY REDUCE NOISE UP TO ROUGHLY FIVE OR SIX FLOORS ABOVE ROAD LEVEL.
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