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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
1993
HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED IN LATE 1988 THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT DID NOT COVER SUPPLEMENTARY NEW SITES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING PURPOSES IN THE URBAN AREAS, MR EASON SAID.
"FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS, THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED IN EARLY 1990 THAT IT WOULD REIMBURSE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THE COSTS OF FORMING THE SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLIC HOUSING SITES IN THE URBAN AREAS FOR WHICH THE AUTHORITY HAD UNDERTAKEN THE WORKS, HE SAID.
MR EASON SAID SINCE THIS AGREEMENT WAS MADE, A TOTAL OF FOUR SITE FORMATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING TWO ONGOING AND TWO YET-TO-START, HAD BEEN APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
WHICH ADDED.
"THERE ARE NO OTHER PROJECTS WITH SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ARE BEING PREPARED, HE
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RADIOFREQUENCY OUTPUT POWER OF MOBILE TELEPHONES WITHIN PRESCRIBED LIMITS
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THE MOBILE TELEPHONES CURRENTLY AUTHORISED FOR USE IN HONG KONG EMIT RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION IN THE RANGE OF 800 TO 900 MEGAHERTZ AND HAVE A POWER OUTPUT OF LESS THAN TWO WATTS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS SHELLEY LAU, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES PROMULGATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION ASSOCIATION IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, EXPOSURE TO RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION EMITTED FROM LOW POWER DEVICES COULD BE EXCLUDED FROM CONSIDERATION IN ASSESSING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRESCRIBED LIMIT PROVIDED THE RADIOFREQUENCY OUTPUT POWER OF THE DEVICE WAS SEVEN WATTS OR LESS.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LAM KUI-CHUN, MRS LAU SAID: "THE MOBILE TELEPHONES AUTHORISED FOR USE IN HONG KONG ARE WELL WITHIN THIS LIMIT," SHE SAID.
"THEY SHOULD NOT POSE A HEALTH HAZARD IN NORMAL USE. THE USERS SHOULD, HOWEVER, ALWAYS OBSERVE THE USERS INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER."
LOW POWER DEVICES INCLUDE CITIZEN'S BAND RADIO, LAND MOBILE AND MARINE TRANSMITTERS AND WALKIE-TALKIES.
THEY GENERATE ONLY VERY LOCALISED FIELDS, MRS LAU SAID.
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