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A total of 11 families have accepted rehousing arrangements. Four families have given up rehousing rights and three other families were disqualified.
Mr Lok reminded building owners that they have a responsibility to maintain their buildings in safe and sound condition and free from unauthorised building works.
End/Wednesday, June 28, 1995
Licence number of lighter should be clearly displayed
Owners of lighters will be required by law to display the licence numbers of their vessels in a reasonably large size to be legible from a reasonable distance, a Government spokesman said today (Wednesday),
The requirement is contained in the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft)(Amendment) Regulation 1995 to be published in the Gazette this Friday (June
30).
"A number of investigations into maritime incidents involving lighters were unable to proceed because the witnesses were unable to read the licence numbers of the lighters as the numerals were too small," the spokesman said.
The regulation stipulates that each of the licence numbers shall be not less than 300 millimetres in height and not less than 170 millimetres in width except in the figure "1". The number should be drawn with lines which are not less than 40 millimetres broad at any point.
It also provides that the colour of the licence number should be clearly contrasts with the colour of the surface on which it is painted.
End/Wednesday, June 28, 1995