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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1993
MR EASON SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
NORMALLY ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE WORKSHOPS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF DOMESTIC PREMISES WERE NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION.
HE SAID NOISE POLLUTION FROM ACTIVITIES OF THESE WORKSHOPS SUCH AS HAMMERING, GRINDING AND WELDING OF CAR BODIES, MAINTENANCE AND TESTING OF ENGINES WERE DEALT WITH UNDER THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE WHILE AIR POLLUTION WHICH COMPRISED MAINLY ODOUR OF PAINT MIST WAS COVERED BY THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.
IF
LEASE ENFORCEMENT ACTION COULD BE TAKEN AGAINST THOSE WORKSHOPS THEY WERE OPERATING IN PREMISES WHERE INDUSTRIAL USE WAS NOT PERMITTED UNDER THE LEASE CONDITIONS.
MEASURES HAD ALSO BEEN TAKEN TO DEVELOP INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THEM.
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MOTION ON POLITICAL APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS DEFEATED
THE MOTION ON POLITICAL APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, MOVED BY THE HON ANDREW WONG, WAS DEFEATED AFTER AN ONE-HOUR DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
A TOTAL OF 10 LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS SPOKE ON THE MOTION. WINDING UP THE DEBATE WAS THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM.
BY
ANOTHER MOTION ON NATIONALITY OF ETHNIC MINORITIES PROPOSED THE HON EMILY LAU WAS PASSED. EIGHT MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE 45-MINUTE DEBATE.
TEN MEMBERS SPOKE IN AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON WIFE ABUSE RAISED BY THE HON MOSES CHENG.
A MOTION UNDER PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY WAS PASSED.
ALSO PASSED WAS THE MOTION UNDER MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS.
FUNDS
THREE BILLS WERE PASSED. PARENT AND CHILD BILL AND TRADING BILL WERE PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS. AUDIT (AMENDMENT) BILL WAS PASSED WITHOUT AMENDMENT.
1993