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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991
CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT BEING KEPT TIDY
THE URBAN COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT ITS ACTIONS TO KEEP THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT AND THE NEARBY AREAS TIDY ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS HAVE BEEN REASONABLY SUCCESSFUL, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IT IS CONSIDERED THAT BETWEEN 10,000 AND 20,000 PEOPLE MAY BE IN THE AREA ON SUCH DAYS, HE NOTED.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PEGGY LAM, MR BARNES SAID THERE WAS A LITTER PROBLEM AND SOME ILLEGAL HAWKING AS IN ALL PLACES WHERE CROWDS CONGREGATED.
"THE URBAN COUNCIL TAKES OUT REGULAR PROSECUTION OF THESE OFFENCES, PUTS OUT LARGE NUMBERS OF EXTRA LITTER RECEPTACLES AND BROADCASTS ANTI-LITTER MESSAGES IN ENGLISH, CHINESE AND TAGALOG.
"IT CERTAINLY COMPARES VERY WELL WITH OTHER AREAS IN HONG KONG
WITH BIG CROWDS OF PEOPLE USING THEM, HE SAID.
"BUT IN VIEW OF THE PROMINENCE OF THESE AREAS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO BETTER, AND INTENDS TO INCREASE ITS PROSECUTIONS AND PROPAGANDA," HE ADDED.
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CLOSURE OF AIRPORT INFORMATION COUNTER HAS NOT INCONVENIENCED PUBLIC
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THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION CONSIDERS THAT THE CLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION COUNTER AT THE KAI TAK AIRPORT HAS NOT CAUSED UNDUE INCONVENIENCE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR VISITORS TO HONG KONG.
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ELIZABETH BOSHER, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY} IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT.
MRS BOSHER SAID THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION ADVISED HER THAT THE INFORMATION COUNTER AT THE ARRIVALS GREETING HALL WAS CLOSED IN MARCH LAST YEAR BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED THAT SATISFACTORY AND MORE COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS NOW EXISTED OF PROVIDING SUCH SERVICE.
SHE NOTED THAT A SURVEY CONDUCTED EARLY LAST YEAR SHOWED THAT THE MAJORITY OF ENQUIRIES MADE AT THE INFORMATION COUNTER RELATED то INFORMATION WHICH WAS READILY AVAILABLE THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS WITHIN THE PASSENGER TERMINAL.
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