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MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1991

ON THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON MEASURES TO PREVENT

WERE MEMBERS

TOLD CHILDREN FROM BEING LEFT UNATTENDED AT HOME,

THAT CLOSED AT THE END OF THE THREE-MONTH CONSULTATION PERIOD WOULD BE THIS MONTH.

THIS

MR

ANTHONY FAR THE DISTRICT BOARDS,

REVEALING THE INITIAL FINDINGS OF

EXERCISE, CHAN WAI-KWAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SAID SO DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED 15 WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS FROM EDUCATION BODIES, WELFARE AND WOMEN ORGANISATIONS.

HELD

MR CHAN SAID THAT THE MAJORITY OF SUBMISSIONS

THE SHOULD SERVICES VIEW THAT EXISTING CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND SUPPORT

MEASURES AND PUBLIC BE INCREASED; MUTUAL HELP GROUPS WERE EFFECTIVE EDUCATION SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT MEASURE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.

"THE INITIAL FINDINGS ALSO INDICATED THAT OUT OF THESE SUBMISSIONS, THREE SUPPORTED THE OPTION OF LEGISLATION. MOST OF THE VIEWS DO NOT CONSIDER SPECIFIC LEGISLATION

BE INTROUDCED TO HOME, MR PROHIBIT PARENTS FROM LEAVING THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT CHAN NOTED.

SHOULD

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PLANNING OF STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME UNDERWAY

THE PLANNING OF AN AMBITIOUS STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME WHICH WILL COST MORE THAN $16 BILLION AT 1991 PRICES IS UNDERWAY, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (MONDAY).

SAID

SPEAKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS, MR BARNES SAID THE SCHEME AIMED ΤΟ UPGRADE THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ABATING WATER POLLUTION.

"THIS IS A SCHEME WHICH BELIEVES A SAFE ENVIRONMENT CAN BEST BE ACHIEVED BY COMBINING LAND BASED SEWAGE TREATMENT WITH THE NATURAL SELF-PURIFICATION CAPABILITIES OF THE OCEAN, HE SAID.

OUR

MR BARNES SAID GIVEN THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING WATERS AND GETTING THE BEST VALUE FROM SUCH AN ENORMOUS INVESTMENT, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THE SCHEME RIGHT.

HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT ALSO INTENDED то EFFECTS OF FLOODING WITH A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AND FLOOD CONTROL.

"AND IN THE VERY CORE OF OUR CITY, WE HAVE OF DREDGING AND RECLAMATION SO THAT WE CAN RECLAIM SEA, HE SAID.

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OVERCOME THE WORST FOR LAND DRAINAGE

MASSIVE PROGRAMMES MORE LAND FROM THE

"ALL THESE PROGRAMMES, UNPARALLELLED FOR A SOCIETY OF THIS SIZE, AIMED AT ENSURING THAT HONG KONG REMAINS A VIBRANT ENTREPOT; CONTINUES TO GROW AS A MAJOR CENTRE FOR FINANCE, COMMUNICATION AND TOURISM; AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, THAT WE MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK," HE ADDED.

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