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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989
"THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE TO DO TO ENSURE THAT READY ACCESS TO INFORMATION," SHE SAID.
CONSUMERS HAVE
THINK "I
THRUST THE
OF MUCH
FUTURE CONSUMER
PROTECTION
LEGISLATION WILL CONCENTRATE ON LABELLING AND MARKING REQUIREMENTS.
"THE
PROVISION
ΤΟ
OF
INFORMATION,
AND
UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET PROTECT
SUFFICIENT UNNECESSARILY INTERFERING WITH THE MARKET PLACE."
THAT INFORMATION,
THE CONSUMER
WE WITHOUT
HOW EDUCATION
TO BELIEVE, SHOULD BE THE GOVERNMENT
ON
MRS LO SAID A
NUMBER OF
PROPOSALS LEGISLATIVE
ARE
IN THE
PIPELINE.
THESE INCLUDE PROPOSALS ON TOY SAFETY, CONTROL OF EXEMPTION WOULD CLAUSES, CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY, AND SHE HOPED THE GOVERNMENT BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS LATER THIS YEAR.
PROTECTION
HAD
THE GOVERNMENT'S TO
EARLIER IN HER SPEECH, MRS LO EXPLAINED THAT
CONSUMER
BEEN BASIC
INTRODUCE NEW POLICY ON
OR BY ADMINISTRATIVE MEANS, WHENEVER IT MEASURES, BY LEGISLATION CONSIDERED A COMPELLING NEED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HAD ARISEN.
A DECISION WAS REACHED, SHE SAID ELABORATING ON HOW
THE PROBLEM EXISTED AUTHORITIES FIRST NEEDED TO BE CONVINCED THAT A REAL AND THAT IT AFFECTED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CONSUMERS.
"SECOND, WE MUST ESTABLISH WHETHER THE PROBLEM CAN BE BY SOME OTHER MEANS," SHE SAID.
ESTABLISH
TO OUR
RESOLVED
SATISFACTION
THE THAT WOULD NOT
"THIRD, WE HAVE TO PROPOSED NEW MEASURE WOULD ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND CREATE ANY OTHER NEW PROBLEMS.
"LASTLY,
WE MUST BE SURE THAT THE NEW MEASURES ARE IN PRACTICE, AND THAT THE COST OF ENFORCEMENT WOULD NOT BENEFITS GAINED."
ENFORCEABLE
OUTWEIGH THE
CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS HOUSING DEPARTMENT
INFORMATION
HOUSING LATEST
THE ON
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY VISITED THE
то DEPARTMENT
FIRST-HAND GAIN SOME DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF YUK-LING, WHO BRIEFED SIR DAVID ON
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S AMBITIOUS TERM HOUSING STRATEGY, PROVIDE ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR THE NEEDY BY THE YEAR 2001.
MR
PANG
THE
LONG
PLAN
ΤΟ
/SIR DAVIE ...................
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