WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994
THE GOVERNOR IN ADDITION TO ORDERING THEIR IMMEDIATE RELEASE,
ATTORNEY GENERAL ΤΟ HAS ASKED THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY AND THE REVIEW THE PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT CASES INVOLVING DETAINED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE HEARD QUICKLY AND THAT SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEALING WITH JUVENILES IN SUCH CASES ARE INTRODUCED.
HE HAS ASKED FOR A REPORT WITHIN ONE MONTH.
THE
0
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EPD MAKES PERFORMANCE PLEDGES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
DEPARTMENT
PUBLISHES
ITS
PERFORMANCE PLEDGES TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MISSION
THE PUBLICATION, THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAUNCHING
IS TO PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, SAID: "THE DEPARTMENT'S
NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY PREVENTING THE CREATION OF PROBLEMS AS WELL AS STOPPING THOSE THAT EXIST ALREADY.
"IN
THIS WAY WE WORK TO PROVIDE A MORE PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
HE
**
AND
HEALTHY
RELEVANT
TO
THE
OF
THE
THAT PERFORMANCE PLEDGES WERE MOST EXPLAINED SITUATIONS WHERE A DIRECT SERVICE WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND DELIVERY OF THAT SERVICE WAS MORE OR LESS WITHIN THE CONTROL DEPARTMENT CONCERNED.
THE RESOURCES
TO
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS POSSIBLE, KNOWING AVAILABLE, TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.
CATEGORY
PRACTICE OF
MUCH OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK DOES NOT FALL INTO THIS AND IN THE PAST THE DEPARTMENT HAD INSTEAD ADOPTED THE MAKING PUBLIC THE GOALS TO WHICH IT IS WORKING.
-
PAPER
WHICH
FOR EXAMPLE WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES: ITS PLANS AND PROGRAMMES
EXAMPLE THE 1989 WHITE - FOR THESE GOALS FOR ACHIEVING
ACT"; AND THE EXTENT TO "POLLUTION IN HONG KONG: A TIME TO PROGRESS IS BEING MADE FOR EXAMPLE PUBLISHED REPORTS ON MARINE WATER QUALITY.
THE DEPARTMENT
—
OF PUBLICATION INTENDS TO EXTEND FURTHER ITS SUCH MATERIAL SO AS TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY A CLEAR IDEA OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN STRIVING TO ACHIEVE, PROGRAMMES FOR DOING THIS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE OBJECTIVES BEING ACHIEVED.
THE ARE
IN
PARALLEL WITH
THIS THE PUBLICATION PLEDGES PROVIDES A FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE DIRECTLY TO VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE PUBLIC.
OF THE DEPARTMENT'S THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED
THE PLEDGES INVOLVE:
A COMMITMENT
ΤΟ
INVOLVING HEALTH
INVESTIGATE IMMEDIATELY THREATS, AND TO RESPOND TO OTHER ENQUIRIES WITHIN SEVEN TO 10 DAYS.
ALL
COMPLAINTS
COMPLAINTS
AND
/A COMMITMENT