WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990
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2,189 CASUAL VACANCIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES
IN
THERE WERE 2,189 CASUAL VACANCIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES THE TERRITORY AS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHICH REPRESENTED 0.3 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STOCK OF 635,000 RENTAL
FLATS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAO, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN LEE, MR TSAO SAID 1,629 OF THESE FLATS WERE IN THE URBAN AND EXTENDED URBAN AREAS, AND THE REMAINING 560 WERE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
FOR FAMILIES REDEVELOPMENT SCHEDULED TO
"MOST OF THE CASUAL VACANCIES IN THE URBAN OR EXTENDED URBAN AREAS ARE RESERVED AS LOCAL RECEPTION ACCOMMODATION AFFECTED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OR THE GOVERNMENT'S DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE SAID.
MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT CASUAL VACANCIES NOT RESERVED FOR THESE PURPOSES WERE IMMEDIATELY OFFERED FOR RELETTING UPON RECOVERY, AND THE AVERAGE TIME TO RELET THESE FLATS WAS FOUR WEEKS.
GOVT CONCERNED ABOUT ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES
THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCIDENCE OF ABUSE OF PJYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON ELIZABETH WONG, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY
(WEDNESDAY).
THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) HAD AT ITS MEETING IN APRIL ENDORSED IN PRINCIPLE A PROPOSAL ΤΟ INCLUDE PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES LIABLE то ABUSE IN PART I OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE IN ORDER ΤΟ SUBJECT THESE DRUGS TO MORE STRINGENT CONTROLS, SHF SAID.
THE
THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH WAS NOW SEEKING THE ADVICE OF PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD WITH A VIEW TO RECOMMENDING TO ACAN THE PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES TO BE SO SCHEDULED,
MRS WONG STATED THIS IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON RONALD CHOW.
ON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, REGISTERED DISPENSARIES AND DRUG STORES, MRS WONG GAVE THE FIGURES AS SHOWN BELOW:
/NUMBER OF