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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1992

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TALKS ON IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE UNDER WAY

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TALKS ARE UNDER WAY WITHIN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP WITH A VIEW ΤΟ ALIGNING THE PROVISIONS OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE WITH RELEVANT

THE PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC LAW, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID: "THE STATUS OF ETHNIC CHINESE WITH NATIONALITIES WILL BE CLARIFIED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS.

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"WE HOPE TO BE IN A POSITION TO ANNOUNCE PROGRESS AS SOON AS THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE COMPLETED," HE ADDED.

MISS LAU ASKED WHAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THAT KONG

HONG RESIDENTS WHO ARE OF CHINESE RACE WITH FOREIGN NATIONALITY AND WHO HAVE SATISFIED THE RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ENJOY THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 1997.

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EPD PROMOTES QUIETER PILING METHODS

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WITH THE PROMOTE THE

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IS LIAISING BUILDING INDUSTRY AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO USE OF QUIETER PILING METHODS IN THE URBAN AREAS,

THIS IS A MEANS ΤΟ FURTHER IMPROVE CONTROLS PILING ACTIVITIES.

ON PERCUSSIVE

AND THE HON

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN ADDITION, MR EASON SAID FROM OCTOBER THIS PROPOSED TO STIPULATE IN THE GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS (TO BE ISSUED BY THE WORKS CONTRACTORS SHOULD REGULARLY CONDUCT NOISE MONITORING ON SITES WHERE PILING WORKS WERE CARRIED OUT.

YEAR, IT WAS CONTRACTS FOR BRANCH) THAT

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ENACTED EASON SAID WEEKDAYS OR SEVERAL

NOTING THAT SECTION 6 OF THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE IN 1989 PROVIDED FOR THE CONTROL OF PILING ACTIVITES, MR SUCH ACTIVITIES WERE PROHIBITED BETWEEN 7 PM AND 7 AM ON AT ANY TIME ON GENERAL HOLIDAYS, AND WERE RESTRICTED TO PERIODS OF OPERATION ON WEEKDAYS.

CONSTRUCTION NOISE PERMITS ARE ISSUED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT FOR PERCUSSIVE PILING ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT WEEKDAYS.

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/"THESE PERMITS