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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1988
"ALCOHOL IS CONSUMED AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DISPUTES BREAKING OUT RESULTING IN FIGHTS, SOMETIMES SERIOUS ASSAULTS.
"THE POLICE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED
COMPLAINTS OF NUISANCE, MOST
COMMONLY ABOUT NOISE.'
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MR BARNES SAID THE MATTER WAS BEING REFERRED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE FOR DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND WHAT COULD BE DONE TO PREVENT IT BECOMING MORE SERIOUS AND OCCURRING IN OTHER AREAS.
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I AM SATISFIED THAT THE POLICE HAVE ADEQUATE POWERS ΤΟ WITH SERIOUS CRIME IN THESE PLACES, BUT WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL CONTROL OF THESE PREMISES, HE ADDED.
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DEAL
WAYS
BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVELS: NO OBSERVABLE IMPACT ON HEALTH
ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED UNDER A PROGRAMME TO STUDY IN DETAIL THE BACKGROUND RADIATION IN HONG KONG, THE EXISTING LEVELS HAVE NO OBSERVABLE IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF THE POPULATION, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID NENDICK, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY PROF THE HON POON CHUNG-KHONG, MR NENDICK SAID THAT THE PROGRAMME, FORMULATED IN 1984, AIMED AT COLLECTING DATA OVER A SUFFICIENTLY LONG PERIOD, BEFORE THE COMMISSIONING OF THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY, 80 THAT EXISTING LEVELS OF RADIATION THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY COULD BE ESTABLISHED.
"THIS BASELINE INFORMATION WILL PERMIT RADIATION LEVELS TO BE DETECTED, HE SAID.
IN
中中
SUBSEQUENT CHANGES IN
"THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY CO-OPERATION WITH SEVERAL OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND MONITORING STATIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP WITHIN THE TERRITORY. MEASUREMENTS BEGAN IN 1987.
THAT IN GENERAL
"RESULTS TO DATE INDICATE
THE BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVELS IN HONG KONG ARE COMPARABLE WITH THOSE IN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD."
IN 1987, THE TOTAL ANNUAL DOS F FROM EXTERNAL VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE TERRITORY RANGED FROM
RADIATION
0.5 ΤΟ
AT 1.5
MILLISIEVERTS.
/THE ANNUAL