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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1992
FIRE
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED
PREVENTION EDUCATION, THE PROVISION OF FIREBREAKS AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES, THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE MAINS AND HYDRANTS IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, AND THE CLEARANCE OF SQUATTER DWELLINGS MOST VULNERABLE TO LANDSLIPS.
MR EASON SAID A FOLLOW-UP PROGRAMME OF REGULAR INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THEIR CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS UNTIL THE SQUATTER AREAS WERE CLEARED.
URBAN SQUATTERS TO GO BY MID-90'S
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UNDER A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMME FROM 1992/93 TO 1995/96 AN AVERAGE OF 14,500 URBAN SQUATTERS WILL BE CLEARED EACH YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM KUI-SHING, THE SECRETARY SAID THE CLEARANCE OF SQUATTER HUTS ON GOVERNMENT LAND IN THE URBAN AREA SINCE 1984 HAD REDUCED THE POPULATION FROM 183,000 TO 56,000.
SQUATTER
HE SAID THE AIM WAS TO COMPLETE THE CLEARANCE OF ALL AREAS IN THE URBAN AREA BY THE MID-1990'S.
SQUATTER
GOVT WATCHFUL OVER SUBSTITUTE TO CFCS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON DEVELOPMENT OF A DIRECT SUBSTITUTE TO CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS) AS REFRIGERANT IN EXISTING AIR-CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION PLANTS.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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MR BLAKE SAID RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THIS FIELD WAS PURSUED BY SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE AND IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME.
BEING OUTCOME
"THE MOST ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE THE ADOPTION DIRECT SUBSTITUTE TO THE REFRIGERANT IN THE EXISTING PLANT WITH LIMITED ALTERATION TO THE PLANT THEMSELVES, HE SAID.
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PLANTS
CFCS COMMONLY USED AS REFRIGERANTS IN AIR-CONDITIONING REGARDED AS OZONE DEPLETING AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING ΤΟ GLOBAL GREENHOUSE WARMING.
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