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"On the clearance of urban squatters and old Temporary Housing Areas (THA)," Mr Wong said, "our target is to rehouse all urban squatters on Government land by March 1996 and to clear by the end of 1996 all THAs built before 1984."
Mr Wong also repeated his public appeal to all occupants of illegal rooftop structures, who are eligible for public housing, to come forward to register with the Housing Authority and place themselves on the general waiting list first.
"This is the proper way to ensure that they will obtain public housing," the Secretary for Housing said.
End/Monday, March 6, 1995
Royal Observatory issues daily radioactivity readings
With effect from tomorrow (Tuesday), the Royal Observatory will issue once a day information about the ambient gamma radiation dose rates recorded by its radiation monitoring network in the territory.
The radioactivity readings will be included in its weather bulletin issued shortly after midnight to meet the printing deadlines for morning newspapers.
Every month, the Royal Observatory publishes in a bulletin daily readings of the ambient gamma radiation levels recorded by its radiation monitoring network. These monthly bulletins are available to interested members of the public free of charge.
From readings taken during the period 1987 - 1993, the background ambient gamma radiation dose rates in Hong Kong may vary between 0.06 and 0.3 microsievert per hour.
Since the Guangdong Nuclear Power Station at Daya Bay began operation in early 1994, the ambient gamma radiation dose rate in Hong Kong has shown no noticeable increase above these values.
End/Monday, March 6, 1995
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