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TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1981

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE EFFECT OF THE ORIGINAL CLAUSE WAS THAT PREGNANCIES RESULTING FROM INTERCOURSE BELOW THE AGE OF 16 AND RAPE AND INCEST CASES WERE SEPARATE GROUNDS FOR ABORTION. THE EFFECT OF THE AMENDMENT IS THAT THEY ARE BROUGHT WITHIN THE GENERALITY OF THE EXISTING LAW WHICH ONLY PERMITS ABORTION ON MEDICAL GROUNDS.

IN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO PERFORM AN ABORTION, A REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER MAY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AGE OF THE WOMAN OR WHETHER SHE WAS A RAPE/INCEST VICTIM.

IN CASE OF DOUBT AS TO WHETHER THE CONTINUATION OF SUCH PREGNANCY WOULD PRESENT GREATER RISKS TO THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN, HE MAY PRESUME THAT THE CONTINUANCE OF HER PREGNANCEY WOULD INVOLVE RISK OF INJURY TO HER PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH GREATER THAN IF THE PREGNANCY WERE TERMINATED.

SUCH PRESUMPTION WILL PROTECT A REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER FROM PROSECUTION UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

STUDIES KOWLOON BAY DEVELOPMENTS

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RECLAMATION AT KOWLOON BAY HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE SMALL AREA BEHIND A SEAWALL NEAR THE AIRPORT RUNWAY TO BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY MR RAYMOND CHIU, SENIOR TOWN PLANNER (NE KOWLOON) OF THE URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AT THE 10TH MEETING OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.

IN A BRIEF OUTLINE TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MR CHIU SAID THE LAYOUT WOULD BE DICTATED BY TWO MAJOR TRAFFIC ROUTES PASSING THROUGH THE AREA, NAMELY THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD AND WAI YIP STREET EXTENSION.

FACILITIES IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE BUS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINALS, A POLICE STATION, SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION, FOUR MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS, A CLINIC, AND AN AMBULANCE DEPOT.

THERE WILL ALSO BE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SUPERMARKETS, DEPARTMENT STORES, MARKETS, AND RESTAURANTS.

TURNING TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, MR CHIU SAID TELFORD GARDENS WOULD PROVIDE HOMES FOR 25 000 WHEN COMPLETED IN MID-1982 AND THE KAI YIP ESTATE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS KAI TAK ESTATE, WOULD HOUSE 20 000 PEOPLE UPON COMPLETION AT THE END OF 1982 OR EARLY 1983.

WITH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AT KOWLOON BAY, THERE WILL BE MANY JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN FUTURE FOR AN ESTIMATED 140 000 WORKERS.