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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1992
"THESE SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDE EQUIPMENT TYPES FOR DREDGING AND DISPOSING OF MUD, WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND MAXIMUM POLLUTANT LEVELS.
"SHOULD THESE SPECIFICATIONS BE BREACHFD, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE DIRECTED TO UNDERTAKE REMEDIAL MEASURES, HE SAID.
REGARDING AIR QUALITY, THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED FOR CONTROLS ON DUST FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
THESE
PROHIBITION
AREA.
INCLUDED RESTRICTIONS ON THE STORAGE OF CEMENT AND THE OF CONCRETE BATCHING AND ROCK CRUSHING IN THE MAIN WORKS
"THE REQUIREMENT ON THE CONTRACTOR TO USE MARINE SAND AS RECLAMATION MATERIAL AND MARINE BASED RECLAMATION EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO MINIMISE THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH CENTRAL DISTRICT,' HE SAID.
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CONTROL ON FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES EXPLAINED
THERE IS NO LEGISLATION TO REGULATE FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE MASS MEDIA OR TO STIPULATE A LIMIT ON EXPENSES INCURRED FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS BLIZABETH WONG, SAID.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS PEGGY LAM AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MRS WONG SAID FUND-RAISING EVENTS SUCH AS SPECTACULARS AND EXTRAVAGANZAS WERE GENERALLY KNOWN ΤΟ BE STAGED AT CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION COST MET FROM PROCEEDS RAISED.
"THERE
RAISERS,
SHE SAID.
NO EVIDENCE OF ABUSE, FRAUD OR DISHONESTY BY FUND
"NEVERTHELESS, THERE MAY BE A CASE FOR REQUIRING FUND-RAISERS TO KEEP AND PUBLISH PROPER ACCOUNTS, TO HAVE THE ACCOUNTS AUDITED, LODGE COPIES WITH GOVERNMENT AND TO MAKE COPIES AVAILABLE INSPECTION BY THE PUBLIC."
AT PRESENT, FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES PUBLIC PLACES ARE GOVERNED BY THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE,
ΤΟ
FOR
IN
IS
FUND-RAISING
UNDER THE ORDINANCE, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AUTHORISED TO ISSUE PERMITS TO ORGANISATIONS ORGANISING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FLAG DAYS.
PERMIT HOLDERS CAN DEDUCT FROM THE GROSS PROCEEDS EXPENSES NECESSARY FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE FUND-RAISING ACTIVITY.
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