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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1992
"THIS MASTER PLAN PROVIDES FOR A COST-EFFECTIVE DESIGN ALL INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND CAPABLE OF COPING WITH AIR GROWTH TO THE YEAR 2040, SHE SAID.
MEETING TRAFFIC
LIKE THE ORIGINAL AIRPORT ESTIMATES IN 1989, THESE LATEST ESTIMATES INCLUDE ALL COSTS NEEDED TO OPEN THE AIRPORT IN JUNE 1997 WITH, INITIALLY, ONE RUNWAY ONLY, INCLUDING COSTS TO BE MET BY THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY GUARANTEED
* * *
THE FILMING AND RECORDING OF ASSEMBLIES OR PROCESSIONS DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY GUARANTEED BY THE BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG, MR ASPREY SAID IT DID NOT PREVENT OR OTHERWISE RESTRICT PARTICIPANT'S FROM EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY.
THE
HE SAID THE POLICE SOMETIMES FILMED ASSEMBLIES OR PROCESSIONS:
* FOR POSSIBLE USE AS EVIDENCE IN THE EVENT OF A PROSECUTION;
FOR POSSIBLE USE AS EVIDENCE IN THE EVENT OF A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE POLICE; AND
* TO ENABLE POLICE COMMANDERS TO
REVIEW POLICE STRATEGY AND DEPLOYMENT, ENSURING THAT SUCH EVENTS ARE PROPERLY POLICED.
MR ASPREY ALSO ADDED THAT THE POLICE DID NOT DATES. PLACES OR OCCASIONS ON WHICH THEY VIDEO-TAPED PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSIONS.
KEEP RECORDS OF HAVE FILMED OR
THE FILM OR TAPE WOULD BE RETAINED ONLY FOR AS LONG AS NECESSARY FOR THESE PURPOSES.
AREAS
HE SAID THE POLICE MIGHT TEMPORARILY CORDON OFF CERTAIN PUBLIC IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER DURING ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSIONS.
"THEY DO SO IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC PROVIDED FOR BY THE BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE,
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ORDER AND SAFETY, AS MR ASPREY SAID.
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