#ECIESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1980
THE UNITS WILL CATCH AND ELIMINATE ALL STRAY DOGS AND WILL ALSO BE EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INOCULATION SERVICES TO DOG OWNERS OUTSIDE THE AFFECTED AREA WHO HAVE NOT AS YET HAD THEIR DOGS INOCULATED.
+TO ENCOURAGE DOG OWNERS TO BRING FORWARD THEIR DOGS FOR INOCULATION THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL YESTERDAY ABOLISHED DOG LICENCE FEES, HE SAID.
MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THAT SINCE AUGUST 450 STRAY DOGS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND ELIMINATED AS A RESULT OF A SPECIAL CAMPAIGN. THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO 1 300 STRAY DOGS CAUGHT DURING THE DEPARTMENT'S NORMAL DOG CONTROL AND INOCULATION ACTIVITIES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THE SPECIAL CAMPAIGN WAS CONCENTRATED MAINLY IN THE CLOSED AREA OF THE BORDER AND THE AREAS CLOSELY ADJACENT THE LAU FAU SHAN AREA AND THE FISH MARKETS WHERE JUNKS WERE CONCENTRATED.
THE CAMPAIGN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALISED PUBLICITY, AND DOG CONTROL UNITS INOCULATED ANY UNINOCULATED DOGS AGAINST RABIES AS WELL AS ELIMINATING STRAYS.
AS A RESULT OF THIS CAMPAIGN, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID, 541 DOGS INCLUDING 172 ON JUNKS, WERE INOCULATED IN THESE AREAS BY MOBILE TEAMS. DURING THE SAME PERIOD 2 100 DOGS WERE INOCULATED AT OTHER CENTRES. AT THE SAME TIME PLANS WERE MADE TO DEAL WITH ANY OUTBREAK OF RABIES.
RAIL ACCIDENT COMPENSATION UNDER CONSIDERATION
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GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING PROVIDING BENEFITS TO VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCUR ON THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND THE PEAK TRAM, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON JOHN TODD TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HOWEVER, IT WOULD SEEM INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE EXISTING SCHEME TO FUND SUCH COMPENSATION, HE SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ANDREW SO.
*THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES IN EXTENDING A SCHEME BASED ON ROAD TRANSPORT CONDITIONS TO RAIL OPERATIONS WHERE THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE IN MANY WAYS DISSIMILAR, HE POINTED OUT.
+THESE PROBLEMS ARE BEING STUDIED BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES CONCERNED SO THAT FIRM PROPOSALS CAN BE PUT FORWARD, + MR TODD ADDED.
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