WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991
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SUFFICIENT LEGAL POWERS FOR DEMOLITION OF DANGEROUS SIGNBOARDS
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THE
GOVERNMENT POLICY IS TO ENSURE THAT SIGNBOARDS WHICH MAY A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY ARE REMOVED EITHER BY THE OWNERS THEMSELVES OR, WHERE NECESSARY, BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THIS IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. PEGGY LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THERE WERE SUFFICIENT LEGAL POWERS FOR THE NECESSARY ACTION
BE CARRIED OUT SPEEDILY, MR BARNES SAID.
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HE SAID "BY OCTOBER 1989, A DEDICATED TEAM IN THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT HAD COMPLETED THE TASKS OF SEEKING OUT DANGEROUS SIGNBOARDS AND CARRYING OUT SURVEYS ON SIGNBOARDS IN DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS.
"SINCE THEN, THE WORK OF IDENTIFYING DANGEROUS SIGNBOARDS HAS
BEEN CARRIED OUT AS PART OF THE SURVEY ON BUILDINGS.
YEAR, A.
HE SAID DEMOLITION ORDERS WERE ISSUED WHEREVER DANGEROUS SIGNBOARDS WERE FOUND AND FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO JUNE 30 THIS TOTAL OF 393 SUCH ORDERS WERE MADE.
VISUAL EQUIPMENT TRADE CONSULTED ON NICAM
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ADEQUATE CONSULTATION HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE TRADE BEFORE NICAM TECHNOLOGY WAS INTRODUCED INTO SYSTEM, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
VISUAL EQUIPMENT THE BROADCASTING HON ALBERT LAM,
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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON
SAI-CHU, MR LAM SAID THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THAT IT WAS REALLY A MATTER OF "COMMERCIAL JUDGEMENT" FOR FACH TRADE TO DECIDE WHAT THE MARKET DEMAND FOR NEW EQUIPMENT MIGHT BE WHEN NEW TECHNOLOGY WAS INTRODUCED.
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IN A FREE ECONOMY, THESE MATTERS ARR BEST LEFT то COMMERCIAL DECISIONS, HE STRESSED.
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EARLIER, MR LAM SAID THE TIMING FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF NICAM BROADCAST WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BY THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY.
"THE QUESTION OF EQUIPMENT SUPPLY WAS GIVEN DUE CONSIDERATION BEFORE A DECISION WAS TAKEN TO ALLOW FORMAL INTRODUCTION OF NICAM ON JULY 1 MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE.
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