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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1987

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THE OTHER ORDER GAZETTED TODAY THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (HONG KONG) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1986 - PROVIDES FOR THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS TO CERTIFY THE HONG KONG DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (HONG KONG) ORDER 1983.

EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND TO THESE TWO ORDERS, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT IN 1972 CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS ACT 1965, AS AMENDED, WERE EXTENDED TO HONG KONG BY THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (HONG KONG) ORDER 1972.

+THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1972 ORDER RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO THE DUTY IN RESPECT OF THE CARRIAGE OF NUCLEAR MATTER 1 TO THE RIGHT TO COMPENSATION FOR BREACH OF THAT DUTY AND TO THE BRINGING AND SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS AND CERTAIN ANCILLARY PROVISIONS,+ HE ADDED.

FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS TO THE 1965 UK ACT, BY PART TWO OF THE UK ENERGY ACT 1983, THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (HONG KONG) ORDER 1972 WAS AMENDED ACCORDINGLY BY THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (HONG KONG) ORDER 1983.

*THE 1983 ORDER NOT ONLY UPDATES IN MONETARY TERMS THE COMPENSATION THAT MAY BE PAID OUT ALSO EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF THE LEGISLATION BY EXTENDING TO HONG KONG, WITH ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS, SECTION THREE OF THE CONGENITAL DISABILITIES (CIVIL LIABILITY) ACT 1976,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ HOWEVER, AS THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (HONG KONG) ORDER 1983 DID NOT PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR CONVERTING SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS INTO HONG KONG DOLLARS, A FURTHER ORDER, THE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS (HONG KONG) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1986 WAS THEREFORE MADE ON NOVEMBER 25, 1986 TO PROVIDE FOR SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS TO CERTIFY HONG KONG DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 1983 ORDER.+

ORDER APPROVED FOR WORK AT NIGHT, PUBLIC HOLIDAYS *****

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AN EXEMPTION ORDER UNDER SECTION 13(4) OF THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE TO ENABLE WORK RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH TUBES OF THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL BE CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

THE ORDER, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY, REPLACES A PREVIOUS ORDER WHICH EXEMPTED WORK ON THE SOUTH TUBE ONLY.

SOME DISTURBANCE TO RESIDENTS OF THE MA YAU TONG SQUATTER AREA AND TO TENANTS MOVING INTO BLOCK 1 OF JUNK BAY AREA FIVE HOUSING ESTATE AFTER DECEMBER 1987 IS EXPECTED.

/HOWEVER, IF