WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
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RESTRICTION PLANNED ON VEHICLE REPAIR WORKSHOPS
SET
UP
ALLOWED TO BE LAND-USE PLANNING.
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS
INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OF NOISE VEHICLE REPAIR WORKSHOPS, WHICH OFTEN ARE THE SOURCE
HAZARDS, WILL NOT BE POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
FUTURE UNDER DEVELOPMENTS NEAR RESIDENTIAL
AND
THE WORKS,
HON GRAHAM
BARNES,
MR BARNES SAID IN A IT WAS A "PERENNIAL PROBLEM" REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON MR POON CHI-FAI.
WRITTEN
J
SITES
A PREVIOUS ATTEMPT TO RELOCATE THESE SHOPS IN DESIGNATED
FAILED IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, LAI CHI KOK ROAD, SHA TIN AND YUEN LONG HAD
BEEN RELUCTANT TO MOVE INTO THE BECAUSE WORKSHOP BUILDINGS.
OPERATORS
HAD
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAD BEEN ASKED TO COME UP WITH A
RENEWAL URBAN SOLUTION, "NOT LEAST BECAUSE DISPLACE A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF SUCH REPAIR THOUGH UNWELCOME AS NEIGHBOURS, ARE NEEDED,
"IN THE
MEANTIME,
IT IS
VERY
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BETTER SCHEMES ARE LIKELY TO
SHOPS WHOSE SERVICES, MR BARNES SAID.
ΤΟ
SMALL
PREVENT DISTRICTS. THIS AREAS ARE OFTEN NOT
DIFFICULT WORKSHOPS OPERATING, PARTICULARLY IN THE OLDER URBAN IS BECAUSE THE LEASE CONDITIONS IN THESE OLDER FRAMED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO EXCLUDE THIS USE.
CONDITIONS AREAS. PREVENT THE
"IN THE NEW TOWNS AND WHERE A LEASE MODIFICATION OR OF EXCHANGE CAN BE IMPOSED ON REDEVELOPMENT IN THE OLDER URBAN
IN THE LEASE CONDITIONS ARE OR PREMISES BEING USED FOR A VEHICLF REPAIR WORKSHOP."
CAN
INCLUDED BE
ΤΟ
ACTION TAKEN ON SAFETY AT SCHOOL ATHLETIC MEETS
WAS
ACTION TAKEN TO STRENGTHEN AWARENESS AMONG SCHOOL AUTHORITIES AND TEACHERS OF THE NEED FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AT ATHLETIC MEETS
AND OUTLINED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION
THE MANPOWER,
HON RON BRIDGE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PEGGY LAM, MR BRIDGE SAID SAFETY MEASURES HAD BEEN REVIEWED FOLLOWING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A SCHOOL ATHLETIC MEET IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING ...