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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1979

SEVEN QUESTIONS AT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING

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THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL RAISE SEVEN QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AT TOMORROW'S (WEDNESDAY) COUNCIL MEETING.

THE REV. THE HON. JOYCE M. BENNETT WILL ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO STATE HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE UNDER THE CARE AND SUPERVISION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE IR PARENTS ARE CONSIDERED UNFIT TO LOOK AFTER THEM.

SHE WILL ALSO ASK HOW MANY ARE LIVING AT HOME AND IN INSTITUTIONS- HOW OFTEN THEY AND THEIR PARENTS ARE VISITED BY GOVERNMENT SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE NUMBER OF CASE WORKERS AND CASEWORK SUPERVISORS WHO DEAL WITH THESE CHILDREN.

THE HON. ANDREW SO WILL ASK IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL CARRY OUT MORE INSPECTIONS OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CRANES AND OTHER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND TAKE ALL REASONABLE MEASURES, INCLUDING PROSECUTIONS, TO MINIMISE THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM NEGLIGENCE.

THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WILL ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF UNROADWORTHY LORRIES AND WHETHER MORE SPOT CHECKS WILL BE MADE TO GET DEFECTIVE LORRIES OFF THE ROAD.

HE WILL ALSO ASK IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONDUCT A SURVEY OF NOISE LEVELS IN DISCOTHEQUES TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THERE IS ANY DANGER OF SOME FORM OF DEAFNESS BEING CAUSED BY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SUCH NOISES.

OTHER QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED WILL INCLUDE MEASURES TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO DEFECTIVE LORRIES, STEPS TO REDUCE EXCESSIVE NOISE BY PILING AND DRILLING MACHINES AND PROVISION OF MORE CREMATORIA,

DURING THE MEETING, SIX BILLS WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS AND ONE FOR SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

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