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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1988

(III) THE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT

(IV)

(V)

(VI)

TYPICAL

OF ALTERNATIVE LAND DRAINAGE OPTIONS IN A LIMITED NUMBER LOCATIONS, BASED ON CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURAL MEASURES AND NON-STRUCTURAL MEASURES SUCH AS FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL, AND FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM ETC;

AN ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING COMPUTER MODELS FOR LAND DRAINAGE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN AND PROPOSALS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A SUITABLE SYSTEM FOR LOCAL CONDITIONS;

THE IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY ITEMS FOR LAND DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL FOR INCLUSION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME; AND

PROPOSALS

FOR

THE

INSTITUTIONAL/ORGANISATIONAL

ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF LAND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INCLUDING RAINFALL, RUN-OFF AND FLOW MONITORING, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DRAINAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE, LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT.

DR NIP SAID THE PROGRESS OF THIS STUDY WOULD BE MONITORED CAREFULLY BY A STEERING GROUP, WHICH WOULD BE CHAIRED BY A CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICER AND INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY THIS STUDY SHOULD NOT ONLY HELP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS THAT HONG KONG FACES IN RESPECT OF THE LAND DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL, BUT ALSO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO FORMULATE A CENTRALISED STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH LAND DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL.

OVERALL CRIME DECREASE IN THIRD QUARTER

THIS

OVERALL CRIMES REPORTED TO POLICE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF YEAR SHOWED A DECREASE OF 3.7 PERCENT OVER THE PREVIOUS THEFF-MONTH PERIOD.

RELEASING THE CRIME STATISTICS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER TODA. (THURSDAY), MR PETER LEE LAM-CHUEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CRIME SAIN TOTAL OF 19,803 CRIMES WERE RECORDED, REPRESENTING A TRNER DROP WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR,

PERCENT

COMPARED WITH LAST QUARTER, PICKPOCKETING DECLINED BY 52.1 PERCENT AND SHOP THEFT WAS DOWN 22.8 PERCENT, MR LEE SAID.

/HOWEVER, INCREASES