WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1978
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GOVERNMENT STUDYING INTO PYRAMID SELLING
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO OBTAIN LEGISLATION IN USE IN CTHER COUNTRIES TO SEE HOW THEY HAVE TACKLED PYRAMID SELLING, THE HON. DAVID JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. ROGER LOBO, MR. JEAFFRESCO SAID IF NO SATISFACTORY ANSWER WAS AVAILABLE CONSIDERATION INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF REGULATING IT WOULD BE GIVEN.
MR. JEAFFRESON SAID THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD JUST ISSUED A DRAFT BILL DESIGNED TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE TO THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED FOR THE IR COMMENTS. REPRESENTED INITIAL THINKING ONLY.
THE BILL
+ IN REACTING TO THE BILL, THE CONCENSUS WAS FOR PROHIBITION. SO ANOTHER BILL WAS DRAFTED ACCORDINGLY. THIS ONE HAS RUN INTO THE SERIOUS SNAG THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO FIND A DEFINITION OF PYRAMID SELLING THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OTHER TYPES OF SELLING WE DO NOT WISH TO PROHIBIT.
+WE ARE NOW TRYING TO GET HOLD OF LEGISLATION IN USE ELSEWHERE
IF WE DON'T GET TO SEE HOW OTHERS HAVE TACKLED THIS PROBLEM.
A SATISFACTORY ANSWER, WE SHALL HAVE TO RECONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF REGULATION,+ MR. JEAFFRESON POINTED OUT.
HE ADDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN REGULATING PYRAMID SELLING ARE FORMIDABLE AND THE GOVERNMENT CULD REED TO BE SATISFIED THIS PROBLEM WAS SUFFICIENTLY SERIOUS TO JUSTIFY OVERCOMING THESE DIFFICULTIES.
KAI TAK MIDNIGHT FLIGHT BAN *****
THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT IT IS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY NOT TO ALLOW AIRCRAFT TO TAKE OFF OVER KOWLOON CITY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6.30 A.M.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. PETER C. WONG,
MR. JEAFFRESON SAID THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION GENERALLY ALLOWS CNLY FLIGHTS DELAYED BECAUSE OF UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES TO TAKE CFF AND TO LAND AT KAI TAK DURING THIS PERIOD.
+AND UNLESS WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD MAKE THIS DANGEROUS, ALL LANDING AIRCRAFT MUST USE THE APPROACH OVER LEI YUE MUN,+
R. JEAFFRESON SAID.
MR. JEAFFRESON ALSO REVEALED THAT DURING THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, 403 AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS, COMPRISING 192 ARRIVALS AND 211 DEPARTURES, WERE ALLOWED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6.30 A.M.
+ONLY 23 AIRCRAFT WERE ALLOWED TO APPROACH KAI TAK OVER KOWLOON CITY, HE ADDED.
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