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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1992
IN MAY, THE OFFICE ISSUED 43 OCCUPATION PERMITS
16 FOR HONG
KONG ISLAND, 11 FOR KOWLOON, AND 16 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ISSUED.
IN ADDITION, 34 DEMOLITION CONSENTS AFFECTING 85 BUILDINGS WERE
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 596 COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1, 429 INSPECTIONS AND ISSURD 397 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION OBTAINED 27 EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.
INSPECTED 726 BUILDINGS AND
YOUTH RNCOURAGED TO GO METRIC
THE METRICATION COMMITTEE TODAY (SATURDAY}
PRESENTED AWARDS
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40 STUDENTS WHO WON A POSTER AND SLOGAN DESIGN COMPETITION HELO AS PART OF ITS EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO USE METRIC UNITS.
PRIMARY,
THE COMPREETION WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES LOWER SECONDARY AND UPPER SECONDARY. A TOTAL OF 321 ENTRIES FROM 31 SCHOOLS WERK RECEIVED.
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ΤΗΣ CONFERENCK
SPRAKING AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD IN HALL OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, A MEMBER OF 'THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, MRS BETTY LAM, SAID: 'JUDGING FROM THESE ENTRIES, t PERL CONFIDENT THAT OUR YOUNGER GENERATION ES INDEED KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT METRICATION AND CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING NEW INSIGHTS AND [DEAS ON HOW METRICATION COULD REST BE PROMOTED.
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"IT IS A BLESSING FOR HONG KONG IF OUR YOUNGSTERS HAVE A PROVEN APTITUDE FOR METRICATION, MRS LAM SAID.
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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY,
ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER, MR
K.Y. TONGSON, SAID: "IN THE LONG TERM, IT IS TO HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE THAT IT IS IN STEP RATHER THAN OUT OF STEP WITH A MAJORITY OF COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE METRIC OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO."
"OUR EFFORTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS CAN BE ASSESSED FROM TWO ANGLES, ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE, ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE NOW USING METRIC UNITS EXCLUSIVELY,
"AS FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, FIVE BROAD TARGET ARKAS HAVR BRKN IDENTIFIED, NAMELY, EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING; BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION; PUBLIC UTILITIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; AND CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICKS MR PONGSON SAID.
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HE SAID A REVIEW OF PROGRESS WAS MADE, AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT CONVERSION TO THE METRIC SYSTEM HAD BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FIRST THREE AREAS.
"THE METRIC
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