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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987
FIREARMS ORDINANCE REGULATES POSSESSION OF GUNS
POSSESSION
THE FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCF REGULATES THE OF ANY GUN FROM WHICH ANY BULLET OR MISSILE CAN BE DISCHARGED WITH A MUZZLE ENERGY GREATER THAN TWO JOULES. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE HON HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI ON STANDARDS BEING USED FOR BANNING TOY GUNS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF FIRING PROJECTILES AND INFLICTING ACTUAL INJURIES IN THE LIGHT OF A RECENT CASE WHERE A CHILD WAS INJURED BY A PLASTIC PELLET FROM A TOY GUN.
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"FIRING A MISSILE FROM A TOY GUN WITH A MUZZLE ENERGY OF LESS THAN TWO JOULES WOULD NOT NORMALLY CAUSE ACTUAL INJURY TO SOMEONE BY THE MISSILE.
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CAUSED
'IN THE CASE REFERRED TO BY DR HO, THE INJURY WAS BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE VICTIM WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE EYE,' MR MACLEOD SAID.
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JUBILEE SPORT CENTRE TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIP
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SCHEME AND LEGISLATIVE
THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE WILL SEEK TO FORMALLY STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL AGENCIES IN THE COMING MONTHS, IN ORDER THAT THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT COULD BE DERIVED FROM ITS SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETES COULD REPRESENT HONG KONG WITH DISTINCTION, COUNCILLOR THE HON F.K. HU SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BOARD, SAID
MR HU, WHO IS MEMBER OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE THIS WHEN TABLING THE CENTRE'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1986 MARCH 31, 1987 AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
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DURING THE PERIOD, MR HU NOTED, THE CENTRE HAD MOVED INTO AN AUTONOMOUS PHASE AS THE RESULT OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CLUB GRANTING $350 MILLION TO THE CENTRE TO ALLOW IT TO MEET ITS OWN EXPENSES FROM FUNDS GENERATED FROM THIS CAPITAL SUM.
SUPPORT TO 10 AND PROVIDED
THE CENTRE HAD ALSO CONTINUED ITS COACHING SPORTS WITHIN THE MAIN BODY OF ITS PROGRAMME CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT TO OTHER SPORTS AGENCIES, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE DISABLED SECTOR.
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