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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1989
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CURBED ONCE THE PERMIT SYSTEM IS ENFORCED, HE SAID.
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"THE SITUATION WILL IMPROVE FURTHER WHEN PROVISIONS ON NEIGHBOURHOOD AND INDUSTRIAL NOISE ARE IMPLEMENTED LATER IN THE YEAR.
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TODAY'S GAZETTE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR D.E. D'ALMADA REMEDIOS, SERVING MAGISTRATE AT THE SHA TIN MAGISTRACY, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPEAL BOARD UNDER THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE.
"THE APPEAL BOARD IS SET UP ΤΟ ENSURE THAT DECISIONS OR REQUIREMENTS OF THE AUTHORITY ARE APPLIED IN A FAIR AND REASONABLE MANNER, "THE EPD SPOKESMAN SAID.
TWENTY PEOPLE FROM A WIDE SPECTRUM OF BACKGROUNDS INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTALISTS, INDUSTRIALISTS, PROFESSIONALS AND ACADEMICS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE APPEAL BOARD PANEL.
PROFESSOR
THEY ARE MR NELSON J. SOUSA, MR LEE JARK-PUI, MR TO SHUI-MOON, MR K.L. CHONG, MR EDWARD PONG CHONG,
CHEUNG YAU-KAI, MR HENRY CHIU SIN-SING, MR HUNG WING-TAT, DR LAM KIN-CHE, MR WING-KWONG, MR STEPHEN LAU SIU-YU, MR EDMUND LEUNG KWONG-HO, V. LINDSAY, MR ANTHONY J. VAIL, MR S.L. WAN, DR JAMES WONG MR T.P. LEUNG, MR FUNG SHIU-WING, MISS LINDA SIDDALL AND HALLIDAY.
DENNIS LAU MR DEREK SIK-WING,
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AN INFORMATION BOOKLET TITLED "HOW TO APPLY FOR A CONSTRUCTION NOISE PERMIT" HAS BEEN PREPARED BY EPD TO ASSIST THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES.
ANY ENQUIRIES ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE OR APPLICATION FORMALITIES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION NOISE PERMITS COULD BE MADE TO THE NOISE CONTROL GROUP OF THE EPD ON THE 27TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, HONG KONG. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 5-8351124.
NEW CHAIRMAN OF FUTURES EXCHANGE APPOINTED
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR EOGHAN M. MCMILLAN AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG FUTURES EXCHANGE (HKFE) WITH EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 24.
THE APPOINTMENT IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE HONG KONG FUTURES EXCHANGE LTD.
MR MCMILLAN WILL SUCCEED MR WILFRID NEWTON, WHO HAS RESIGNED FROM THE POSITION OF CHAIRMAN OF THE HKFE DUE TO HIS DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG.
IMPENDING
/MR MCMILLAN