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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994
GUIDELINES ON BANNER DISPLAY EXPLAINED
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UNDER EXISTING GUIDELINES, DISTRICT LAND OFFICERS ONLY APPROVE
ADVERTISING NON-COMMERCIAL
INVOLVING THE DISPLAY OF BANNERS AND POSTERS RELATED TO SPECIFIC EVENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HOWARD YOUNG, MR EASON SAID THE MAIN CRITERION FOR APPROVAL WAS WHETHER THE EVENT TO BE PUBLICISED WAS NON-COMMERCIAL END OF INTEREST TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
"FACTORS SUCH AS OBSTRUCTION TO THE PUBLIC AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
ARE ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT," HE SAID.
MR
EASON BLAINED THAT THE APPLICATION BY AN ORGANISATION то MOUNT 30 BANNERS ON LAMP-POSTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI DISTRICTS
HAD FROM MAY 24 TO 29 THIS YEAR
BEEN REJECTED PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE APPLICANT WAS A COMMERCIAL ORGANISATION THAN A NON-PROFIT MAKING BODY.
RATHER
THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED IN EARLY JANUARY THIS YEAR AND THE FEBRUARY 15 THIS APPLICANT WAS ADVISED OF THE GROUNDS OF REFUSAL ON YEAR.
BY MADE
AN
A
APPLICATION SIMILAR
FOR A SIMILAR EVENT BUT ORGANISATION WITH A DIFFERENT NAME WAS APPROVED IN MAY 1992.
A NON-PROFIT
THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, HONG KONG WEST, IS CONSIDERING A FRESH
BY APPLICATION FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT SUBMITTED MAKING BODY WHICH IS ONE OF THE ORGANISERS.
HE STRESSED THAT ALL APPLICATIONS WERE TREATED IN WITH THE ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES.
ACCORDANCE
18 SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS IN THREE YEARS
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THERE WERE 18 CASES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS (INCLUDING ANONYMOUS ONES) RECEIVED FROM STAFF AGAINST THEIR COLLEAGUES OR SUPERVISORS WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL SZE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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"WE TAKE ALL STAFF COMPLAINTS VERY SERIOUSLY, STRESSED MR SZE REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS SELINA CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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'ALL COMPLAINTS WERE BY FEMALES AGAINST MALES. OF THESE, FIVE CASES WERE FOUND SUBSTANTIATED. THREE OFFICERS WERE CHARGED IN COURT FOR INDECENT ASSAULT AND TWO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CONVICTED. ALL WERE ALSO DISCIPLINED, MR SZE SAID.
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/HE POINTED