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HE SAID THERE MIGHT ALSO BE INSTANCES WHERE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE ABSENT FROM HONG KONG OR OF OTHER REASONS.
+ IN THE GENERAL INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN LEGISLATIONS IN ORDER TO SUIT THE ACTUAL SITUATION AND TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, + HE SAID.
ON THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF THE YAU MA TEI SIX STREETS. MR CHAN SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH SOME YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS HOPED THAT GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AT THE SAME TIME WOULD ACCORD THE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS WITH REASONABLE COMPENSATION AND REHOUSING, HE SAID.
BESIDES. THEY ALSO HOPED THAT GOVERNMENT WOULD LAUNCH WIDER PUBLICITY TO CALL ON AND ENCOURAGE THE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS OF THE OLD DISTRICTS TO POSITIVELY PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, HE ADDED.
TURNING TO FIRE SERVICES, MR CHAN SAID THAT FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, GOVERNMENT SHOULD EXPEDITE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING LEGISLATION IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH OFFENCES OF CAUSING OBSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC PLACES.
HE SAID AT PRESENT, WHEN FIRE SERVICES PERSONNEL PAID SITE VISITS ON RECEIVING COMPLAINTS, THE PRACTICE WAS ONLY TO SERVE THE OWNERS OF OBSTRUCTION ARTICLES WITH NOTICE OF ADVICE.
+THEY CANNOT ISSUE SUMMONS TO CHARGE THEM ON THE SPOT AND THUS THE DETERRENT EFFECT IS NOT GREAT,+ HE SAID.
FINALLY, MR CHAN URGED THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE LAYING STRESS ON THE IR PUBLICITY ON FIRE PREVENTION AND CIVIC EDUCATION SO THAT CITIZENS WOULD BECOME CIVIC-MINDED.
IN RESPECT OF LARGE-SCALE FACTORIES AND HOUSING ESTATES, THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THEM TO TRAIN THEIR OWN SECURITY PERSONNEL ON THE APPLICATION OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.
+ IT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF FIRE AND MINIMISING THE LOSS OF HUMAN LIVES AND PROPERTIES IN FIRES,+ HE ADDED.
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