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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1991

"THERE ARE 8,483 FLATS IN LONG PING ESTATE, IN

RESPONSE TO A

DEPARTMENT BETWEEN APRIL AND JULY OF WATER LEAKAGE WERE

MR

SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE HOUSING 1990, A TOTAL OF 778 REPORTS LEWIS SAID.

RECEIVED,

聊

THE WATER LEAKAGES THROUGH THE

"SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS INDICATED THAT OCCURRED IN THE TOILETS, MAINLY AROUND THE PIPES PASSING SLABS, RESULTING IN DAMPNESS TO THE CEILINGS OF THE FLATS BELOW.

THE

"THIS DEFECT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FACTORS, SUCH AS POOR WORKMANSHIP IN POINTING

FLOOR AND NO WATER PROOFING LAYER ON THE TOILET BATH-TUB OR SHOWER TRAY TO RECEIVE THE WATER.

A COMBINATION PIPE SLEEVES,

OF

NO

PROVISION FOR A

FLATS

COMMENCED

SUCH WORKS, INCLUDING AN SKIRTING ΤΟ THE

TOILET/BATHING

SAID MR LEWIS

REMEDIAL WORKS FOR THESE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SURVEY AND THAT ALL ADDITIONAL WATER PROOFING LAYER AND AREA, WERE COMPLETED LAST MONTH.

"WORKS

BE WILL

CARRIED

OUT WHEREVER

SIMILAR

DEFECTS ARE

REPORTED," HE ADDED.

MR

LEWIS

SAID

HOUSING

AUTHORITY

WAS

AGAINST

CONSIDERING THE CONTRACTOR OF LONG

WHETHER PING

LEGAL ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN ESTATE.

NO REQUEST FOR AIRLINE TARIFFS ADJUSTMENT RECEIVED

* * * * * *

NOT

THE THREE ROUTEING FROM

THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT DID

RECEIVE, AND DID NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE, ANY REQUEST FOR TARIFFS ADJUSTMENT FROM

FLIGHT ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES WHICH OPERATED A SHORTER HONG KONG TO EUROPE VIA CHINA, MONGOLIA AND THE USSR ON A FOR ECONOMIC

THE HON SERVICES, BASIS, THE SECRETARY

INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

CONTINGENCY ANSON CHAN,

HON PETER WONG, MRS IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE

IN HOSTILITIES

THE CHAN SAID DURING THE OUTBREAK OF MILITARY

GULF, OPERATING SERVICES FROM HONG KONG THREE AIRLINES

NAMELY, CATHAY AIRWAYS AND

HAD LUFTHANSA, PACIFIC AIRWAYS, BRITISH

BEEN GRANTED

PERMISSION

ΤΟ AUTHORITIES

DIVERT THEIR FLIGHTS OVER BETWEEN HONG KONG AND EUROPE ALONG A NEW AIR ROUTE WHICH TRACKED CHINA, MONGOLIA AND USSR.

BY THE

RELEVANT

"ACCESS

ΤΟ THIS

ROUTE,

WHICH WAS

CONTINGENCY BASIS ONLY,

HAS NOW BEEN

MADE AVAILABLE WITHDRAWN

ON A

CONCERNED REQUIRED TO REVERT TO

*T

APRIL 1, SHE SAID.

AND THE AIRLINES THE FORMER LONGER ROUTEINGS SINCE

/THE SECRETARY