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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1988

"THESE SURFACE WATER DRAINS ARE POLLUTED BY IMPROPERLY TREATED SEWAGE DISCHARGED BY BUILDINGS IN THE BEACH HINTERLANDS, AND THESE WORKS WILL DIVERT POLLUTING DRAINS AWAY FROM THE MAIN SWIMMING AREAS.

"OTHER BEACHES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPING SIMILAR SHORT TERM SCHEMES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE WATER.

MR CHAMBERS ADDED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME IN JUNE WOULD HELP то IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF SILVERMINE BAY AND ANGLERS' BEACHES, WHICH WERE AT PRESENT SERIOUSLY POLLUTED BY LIVESTOCK WASTE AND UNSUITABLE FOR SWIMMING.

CONSIDERED

LEGISLATION SOON TO CONTROL PRIVATE HOMES FOR ELDERLY

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH VARIOUS BODIES INCLUDING THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE OMELCO WELFARE PANEL, TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AS SOON AS HOMES FOR PRACTICABLE TO CONTROL ASPECTS OF THE OPERATION OF PRIVATE THE EDLERLY.

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT.

MR CHAMBERS SAID THE TARGET DATE WAS TWO

YEARS

FROM

NOW,

IN

MID-1990.

"INITIALLY THE STANDARDS REQUIRED WILL BE SET AT A REALISTIC ARE FORCED LEVEL, TO AVOID AS FAR AS POSSIBLE SITUATIONS WHERE HOMES

HE ADDED. TO CLOSE OR REDUCE NUMBERS, MAKING ELDERLY PEOPLE HOMELESS,

MR CHAMBERS NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN CONCERN, BOTH INSIDE OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT, ABOUT STANDARDS IN THESE PRIVATE HOMES.

AND

"TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF THE EXTENT OF COMPLIANCE BY OPERATORS OF SUCH HOMES WITH THE VOLUNTARY CODE OF

WAS INTRODUCED IN

HE SAID. 1986 ON THE ADVICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE,'

PRACTICE

WHICH

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/THE REVIEW