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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992
PLANNED
"ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY CAPACITY WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE WEST COAST ROAD FROM KWUN TONG TO TSEUNG KWAN O AND BY THE PROVISION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS TSEUNG KWAN O WHICH WILL ALLOW INDUSTRIAL TO BE DIVERTED FROM THE TOWN CENTRE," HE SAID.
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TURNING TO MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE DEMAND FOR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SITES, MR CHAU SAID THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT PUBLICISED THE ESTATES OVERSEAS MANUFACTURERS THROUGH ITS INWARD INVESTMENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME.
HE ADDED THAT THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION HAD SOUGHT TO ENCOURAGE DEMAND FOR SITES AT THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BY ADVERTISING IN INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE JOURNALS LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS AND THROUGH PARTICIPATION BY ITS STAFF IN OVERSEAS CONFERENCES.
SEVENTY HECTARES AND 44 RECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE TAI PO AND YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES RESPECTIVELY.
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WHILE TWO HECTARES REMAIN TO BE GRANTED AT TAI PO WHICH ARE UNDER A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO AN EXISTING GRANTEE, 22 HECTARES REMAIN TO BE GRANTED AT YUEN LONG, OF WHICH FOUR ARE UNDER RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL BY EXISTING GRANTEES.
MEASURES TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE SECURITY
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THE
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CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HAS A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN COMMUNITY CENTRES, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR SUEN SAID FOLLOWING THE WITHDRAWAL OF ON-SITE STAFF, CNTA CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF SECURITY IN COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN CONSULTATION WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
"THE REVIEW IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF MEASURES WHICH COULD BE INTRODUCED IN SOME OR ALL COMMUNITY CENTRES TO IMPROVE SECURITY," HE
SAID.
THESE INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF ROLLER SHUTTERS AT MAIN ENTRANCES AND REAR EXITS, FITTING HEAVY-DUTY LOCKS ON ALL MAIN
GATES, FITTING SECURITY BARS ON WINDOWS AS WELL AS INSTALLING ANTI-CLIMB SPIKES AND COILED BARBED WIRES.
"THESE MEASURES ARE BEING FACILITIES WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY BURGLARIES, MR SUEN SAID.
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