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TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1990
PARENTS
AND RELATIVES
OF MENTALLY
SHOULD BE INFORMED OF THE RIGHTS OF THEIR CHILDREN
CIVIC
AND CRIMINAL
LEGISLATION
AND THE
PERSONS
HANDICAPPED
IN
BOTH
COMMON LAW BY
PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE SEMINARS,
EXISTING BRIEFINGS
PAMPHLETS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CHANNELS;
то
AS ADULT
SEX EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING IN SCHOOLS, AS WELL
BE SERVICES, SHOULD
ENHANCED AND CONSTANTLY UPDATED TO ENABLE
MENTALLY THE
HANDICAPPED
BETTER PERSONS
UNDERSTAND
AND THEIR PERSONAL HYGIENE, PHYSIOLOGICAL
THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN PUBERTY AND ADULTHOOD,
CRIMINAL AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR ACTIONS, AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF UNLAWFUL SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR.
MR WONG EXPLAINED THAT IN ADDITION TO CONSULTING THE CONCERNED BODIES, THE WORKING PARTY HAD ALSO RECEIVED SUBMISSIONS FROM ANOTHER 14 ORGANISATIONS AND MANY INDIVIDUALS. THESE SUBMISSIONS WERE VERY VALUABLE AND HAD RECEIVED CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BY THE WORKING HE SAID.
PARTY,
THE
FORWARDED
THE REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY TOGETHER WITH THE VIEWS OF REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE HAD BEEN TO OMELCO FOR CONSIDERATION.
GOVT STOPS PRODUCTION OF POLLUTION-CAUSING FACTORY
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN LEASE ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY MEANS OF RE-ENTRY OF THE POLLUX BLEACHING STOP THE POLLUTION IN HO CHUNG RIVER, SAI KUNG.
AND
ON APRIL 4 DYEING FACTORY
ΤΟ
HOWEVER, THE FACTORY HAS REQUESTED THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE PREMISES FOR OFFICE FUNCTIONS, SEWING, PACKING AND STORAGE SO THAT THE NON-PRODUCTION SIDE OF ITS BUSINESS COULD CONTINUE, THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING THIS REQUEST.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE HAS PLACED 24-HOUR GUARD ON THE PREMISES то ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO UNAUTHORISED PRODUCTION.
A
THE FACTORY HAS BEEN THE MAIN SOURCE OF POLLUTION BY DISCHARGING INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS DIRECTLY INTO HO CHUNG RIVER.
OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE FACTORY CLAIMED ΤΟ HAVE BEEN TAKING STEPS TO IMPROVE OR EXPAND PROGRESS WAS MADE.
ITS
TREATMENT
FACILITIES
BUT
NO
/WHEN THE