WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1988
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REVIEW OF LEGAL AID ELIGIBILITY LIMIT PLANNED
THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE DESIRABILITY OF EXTENDING
CONSCIOUS OF THE AID TO A WIDER SECTOR OF THE PUBLIC AND IS COST OF LITIGATION.
LEGAL
RISING
THE
THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, HON PETER TSAO, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH.
MR TSAO SAID THAT THE LIMIT OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BEEN REVIEWED FROM TIME TO TIME.
LEGAL AID HAD
ANOTHER REVIEW WAS PLANNED TO TAKE
PLACE BEFORE THE END
OF
THIS YEAR.
FORMULA
FROM
$10,000
1N 1986
FOR IN THE "THE LEVEL OF DISPOSABLE CAPITAL ALLOWED
INCREASED IN 1984 FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY WAS LAST TO $15,000; AND THE LEVEL OF DISPOSABLE IMCOME WAS INCREASED FROM $1,500 TO $2,200 PER MONTH, HE SAID.
"
ALLOWANCES
"AT THE SAME TIME, THE LEVEL OF DEDUCTIBLE PERSONAL IS KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE AS NECESSARY.
WITH SIMILAR ALLOWANCES PAYABLE
LINE IN RATES OF
"THE LEVEL WAS INCREASED TWICE IN 1988 ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE SCALE OF BASIC UNDER THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
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MEASURES TO REDUCE RIVER POLLUTION
常常
RECENT NO DEFINITE CONNECTION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE
PUPILS WERE INCIDENT IN SAI KUNG IN WHICH A NUMBER OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
GASEOUS UNIDENTIFIED
EMISSION AFFECTED BY AN
AND THE DUMPING OF INDUSTRIAL AND LIVESTOCK WASTES INTO THE HO CHUNG RIVER.
SAID THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES,
WRITTEN REPLY THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG.
SAID MR BARNES
THAT
I
OF
ITS
WERE
OFFICERS
THE ALTHOUGH
OF
ENVIRONMENT WERE ON THE PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
SCENE WITHIN 45 MINUTES RECEIVING A REPORT OF THE INCIDENT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE
NO STRANGE SMELLS CAUSE, BECAUSE WHEN THE AREA WAS INSPECTED, DETECTED.
OF THE FOUR YEARS, TWO
**HOWEVER, MEMBERS MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT FACTORIES WHICH HAVE POLLUTED THE HO CHUNG RIVER FOR MANY HAVE CEASED OPERATION AS A RESULT OF LEASE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
"THE OTHER TWO FACTORIES HAVE INSTALLED TREATMENT WHEN THESE ARE OPERATING PROPERLY, AND AFTER PROPOSALS FOR THE COLOURING OF THE RIVER WATER HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT, THE HO CHUNG RIVER WILL BE REDUCED TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, SAID.
PLANTS. AND
PREVENTING
POLLUTION IN MR BARNES
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