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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1984

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HK SEEN AS 'PLACE OF COMFORT AND PRIDE'

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WITHIN THIS DECADE, ONE COULD SEE THE TREMENDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO HONG KONG'S BUILDING DESIGN AND FACILITIES, FOR BOTH THE RICH AND THE POOR, THE HON CHARLES YEUNG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

+THESE IMPROVEMENTS, COUPLED WITH THE COMMUNITY'S INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GENERAL CLEANLINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BEAUTIFICATION PROMOTED BY THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, HAVE MADE HONG KONG A PLACE OF COMFORT AND PRIDE IN WHICH TO LIVE,+ MR YEUNG ADDED.

HE WAS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, WHICH PASSED INTO LAWS TODAY, MAKING IT MANDATORY FOR REFUSE STORAGE CHAMBERS TO BE PROVIDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDINGS.

NOTING THAT THIS PROVISION HAD BEEN MOOTED AND ENDORSED BY THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TWO YEARS AGO, MR YEUNG SA ID, +AS A MEMBER INVOLVED, I AM PLEASED TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE CRYSTALLISED INTO A SIMPLE BILL.+

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPOSALS IN THE BILL, WHICH HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE UMELCO ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS PANEL, HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.

COLISEUM USE CLOSE TO FORECAST

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SINCE THE OPENING OF THE COLISEUM IN APRIL 1983, IT HAS BEEN USED ON 208 DAYS, REPRESENTING A UTILISATION RATE OF 57 PER CENT.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DENIS BRAY, GAVE THIS FIGURE TODAY IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON S.L. CHEN,

FORTY-FOUR WERE USED IN SPORTING EVENTS, REPRESENTING ABOUT 21 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL UTILISATION RATE IN THE FIRST YEAR.

THESE UTILISATION RATES WERE +REMARKABLY CLOSE TO THE FORECAST MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES BEFORE THE COLISEUM OPENED, MR BRAY SAID.

THIS FORECAST WAS THAT THE COLISEUM WOULD BE USED ON 200 DAYS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION, WITH 40 DAYS BEING USED FOR SPORTING EVENTS.

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