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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1987
+ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL FACTORS APPLY TO NON-DOMESTIC BUILDINGS, THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE BEHIND DENSITY ZONING OF INDIVIDUAL LOTS IS THAT THE MORE YOU REDUCE SITE COVERAGE THE HIGHER YOU CAN BUILD AND THE GREATER USABLE FLOOR AREA YOU CAN ACHIEVE,+ MR BARNES SAID.
THE AIM OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF SITES AS A AND B AND C WAS TO REDUCE THE BULK OF THE BUILDING WHERE ITS SURROUNDINGS DID NOT ALLOW ENTRY OF SUFFICIENT LIGHT AND AIR, E.G. IN A CLASS A SITE WHICH FRONTED ON TO ONE STREET, THE PERMITTED COVERAGE WOULD BE LESS THAN FOR A CLASS 3 SITE, WHICH FRONTED ON TO TWO STREETS.
'QIGONG INJURIES RECORDS NOT KEPT
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REPORTED INJURIES LINKED TO THE PRACTICE OF 'QIGONG' (A SYSTEM OF DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES) THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT STATISTICS WERE NOT KEPT IN A FORM WHICH ENABLED THE IDENTIFICATION OF THESE INJUR IES,
+ IT FOLLOWS THAT WE CANNOT SAY FOR CERTAIN WHETHER ANYONE HAS RECEIVED TREATMENT AS A RESULT OF SUCH INJURIES,+ HE ADDED.
NEED TO BALANCE SOCIAL WELL-BEING WITH ECONOMIC RISKS *****
ALTHOUGH THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF A CENTRALLY MANAGED AND IMPOSED COMPULSORY SAVINGS SCHEME DO NOT RULE OUT THE INTRODUCTION OF A PROVIDENT FUND IN HONG KONG, THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND NOT PUSHED TO ONE SIDE, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON JOHN YAXLEY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WINDING UP THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON CENTRAL PROVIDENT
FUND TODAY (WEDNESDAY: NEN SOUENS PAID CH A FUND WAS
ESSENTIALLY A MANDATORY SAVINGS SCHEME, PAID FOR BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
/+SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS
1.
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