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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1977

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GOVERNMENT FORMS

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT CONDUCT A FORMAL SURVEY TO ASCERTAIN HOW MANY FORMS PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR COMPLETION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE BILINGUAL AND HOW MANY ARE IN ENGLISH ONLY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. JAMES WU IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. DENIS BRAY, SAID +1 DO NOT THINK THERE ARE MANY FORMS THAT DO NOT HAVE CHINESE VERSIONS, SO I THINK THAT ANY SORT OF FORMAL SURVEY WOULD PROBABLY BE A WASTE OF TIME THERE ARE THOUSANDS

OF STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY FORMS.+

HOWEVER, MR. BRAY ASSURED THE COUNCIL THAT HE WOULD HAVE A CHECK MADE.

HE ALSO ASKED MR. WU TO LET HIM KNOW OF ANY CASES WHERE CHINESE VERSIONS WERE NOT YET SUPPLIED.

STUDY ON JUNK BAY AS A FUTURE URBAN AREA

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO SEE HOW AND WHEN JUNK BAY CAN BE DEVELOPED AS A NEW URBAN AREA.

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON. DAVID AKERS- JONES, REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. Q.W. LEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, SAID THE INVESTIGATION WOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT CONSULTANTS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1974 TO INVESTIGATE THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY AS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA HAD CONCLUDED THAT ABOUT 80 HECTARES OF DEVELOPMENT LAND COULD BE FORMED BY TERRACING THE HILLS AND FILLING IN THE BAY.

BUT THERE WOULD BE SEVERE CONSTRAINTS ON THE TYPE OF INDUSTRY PERMISSIBLE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO AVOID ANY AIR POLLUTION WHICH COULD GIVE RISE TO A DETERIORATION IN VISIBILITY AT THE AIRPORT.

MR. AKERS-JONES ADDED: +A FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS JUST ABOUT TO START WHICH WILL DETERMINE HOW JUNK BAY COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING AND FOR SOME LIGHT NON-POLLUTING INDUSTRY.

+THIS FURTHER STUDY WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

+BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THEREFORE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE IN A POSITION TO DECIDE HOW AND WHEN TO DEVELOP JUNK BAY, WHICH, BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO EAST KOWLOON AND KWUN TONG, IS AN OBVIOUS PLACE TO TURN FOR FUTURE UREAN EXPANSION. +

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