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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1988

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REVIEW OF LEGAL AID ELIGIBILITY LIMIT PLANNED

THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE DESIRABILITY OF EXTENDING

CONSCIOUS OF THE AID TO A WIDER SECTOR OF THE PUBLIC AND IS COST OF LITIGATION.

LEGAL

RISING

THE

THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, HON PETER TSAO, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH.

MR TSAO SAID THAT THE LIMIT OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BEEN REVIEWED FROM TIME TO TIME.

LEGAL AID HAD

ANOTHER REVIEW WAS PLANNED TO TAKE

PLACE BEFORE THE END

OF

THIS YEAR.

FORMULA

FROM

$10,000

1N 1986

FOR IN THE "THE LEVEL OF DISPOSABLE CAPITAL ALLOWED

INCREASED IN 1984 FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY WAS LAST TO $15,000; AND THE LEVEL OF DISPOSABLE IMCOME WAS INCREASED FROM $1,500 TO $2,200 PER MONTH, HE SAID.

"

ALLOWANCES

"AT THE SAME TIME, THE LEVEL OF DEDUCTIBLE PERSONAL IS KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE AS NECESSARY.

WITH SIMILAR ALLOWANCES PAYABLE

LINE IN RATES OF

"THE LEVEL WAS INCREASED TWICE IN 1988 ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE SCALE OF BASIC UNDER THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME.

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MEASURES TO REDUCE RIVER POLLUTION

常常

RECENT NO DEFINITE CONNECTION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE

PUPILS WERE INCIDENT IN SAI KUNG IN WHICH A NUMBER OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

GASEOUS UNIDENTIFIED

EMISSION AFFECTED BY AN

AND THE DUMPING OF INDUSTRIAL AND LIVESTOCK WASTES INTO THE HO CHUNG RIVER.

SAID THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES,

WRITTEN REPLY THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG.

SAID MR BARNES

THAT

I

OF

ITS

WERE

OFFICERS

THE ALTHOUGH

OF

ENVIRONMENT WERE ON THE PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

SCENE WITHIN 45 MINUTES RECEIVING A REPORT OF THE INCIDENT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE

NO STRANGE SMELLS CAUSE, BECAUSE WHEN THE AREA WAS INSPECTED, DETECTED.

OF THE FOUR YEARS, TWO

**HOWEVER, MEMBERS MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT FACTORIES WHICH HAVE POLLUTED THE HO CHUNG RIVER FOR MANY HAVE CEASED OPERATION AS A RESULT OF LEASE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

"THE OTHER TWO FACTORIES HAVE INSTALLED TREATMENT WHEN THESE ARE OPERATING PROPERLY, AND AFTER PROPOSALS FOR THE COLOURING OF THE RIVER WATER HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT, THE HO CHUNG RIVER WILL BE REDUCED TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, SAID.

PLANTS. AND

PREVENTING

POLLUTION IN MR BARNES

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