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"MORE THAN 500 SCHOOLS HAVE TAKEN PART IN ITS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.
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'FURTHER INITIATIVES WILL BE FORTHCOMING FROM THE COUNCIL, WITH FULL SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
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MRS WONG ALSO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSULTATION PAPER ON FURTHER MEASURES TO RESTRICT THE USE, SALE AND PROMOTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG.
PUBLIC VIEWS WILL BE SOUGHT TO SHAPE THE DEVELOPMENT FUTURE ANTI-SMOKING POLICY.
OF ITS
AMONG THE VARIOUS ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES WHICH WERE FORMULATED FOLLOWING A CONSULTATION EXERCISE IN 1989, THE FURTHER PROHIBITION ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT CARRIERS WILL TAKE EFFECT ON AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR.
"THE DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PLACES AS NO SMOKING AREAS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT PACKAGE OF MEASURES, SHE ADDED.
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PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE SINGLETON HOSTELS
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HAS EMBARKED ON A PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE SINGLETON HOSTELS ΤΟ IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN EXISTING BEDSPACE APARTMENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR SUEN SAID SO FAR THREE SINGLETON HOSTELS HAD
BEEN COMPLETED.
TAK NGA HOUSE, THE FIRST HOSTEL OPENED LAST NOVEMBER IN WAN CHAI, OFFERS 80 PLACES. IT IS RUN BY THE AGENCY FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
TWO NEW HOSTELS, ONE IN YAU MA TEI AND THE OTHER IN KWUN TONG, JUST BEEN ESTABLISHED AND APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION ARE BEING
HAVE INVITED.
THESE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER FIVE HOSTELS, INCLUDING TWO BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH WILL BE COMMISSIONED BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
"BY THAT TIME WE WILL HAVE EIGHT HOSTELS OFFERING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 240 PLACES.
"THESE HOSTELS ARE INTENDED FOR LODGERS OF EXISTING BEDSPACE APARTMENTS SO AS TO PROVIDE RELIEF ΤΟ THE SEVERE OVERCROWDING CONDITIONS IN SOME OF THEM, MR SUEN SAID.
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/MR SUEN