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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992

BEEN GIVEN TO

VILLAGES

WITH

"LOWER PRIORITY HAS PROBLEMS SUCH AS LACK OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND DIFFICULTY IN LANDOWNERS' CONSENT TO WORKS," MR BLAKE SAID.

ENVISAGED GETTING

HE SAID THE IMPROVED ANNUAL QUOTA OF 1,000 VILLAGE STREET LAMPS ΤΟ SINCE 1987/88 HAD BEEN SUFFICIENT, FOLLOWING THE SAME PRIORITIES, COVER MOST NEW APPLICATIONS AND TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG.

THE

PAST

THE NUMBER OF VILLAGE LIGHTING POINTS INSTALLED

OVER

THREE YEARS

WERE

994,

892

IN THE NEW

AND

1,170

TERRITORIES RESPECTIVELY.

AT PRESENT THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 970 OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

"THE

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED TO PROCESS THE EXISTING STOCK

41 MR BLAKE SAID. OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS IS TWO TO THREE YEARS,

OF

0

EXCO TO EXAMINE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS BILL SOON

* * * *

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

FOR

THE DRAFT MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1922 WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CONSIDERATION SOON.

THE

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

IF APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, INTRODUCED INTO

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TOWARDS THE CURRENT SESSION, MR SUEN SAID.

THE

WILL BILL

END OF

BE

THE

LIQUIDITY ADJUSTMENT FACILITY TO BE INTRODUCED

* * *

THE

THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, MR DAVID NENDICK, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT THE LIQUIDITY ADJUSTMENT FACILITY WILL BE INTRODUCED WITH EFFECT FROM NEXT MONDAY (JUNE 8).

THIS FOLLOWS CONSULTATION WITH THE

HONG

KONG ASSOCIATION OF

BANKS, HE SAID.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY (WEDNESDAY), HE SAID ALL LICENSED BANKS INDIVIDUALLY BY THE OFFICE OF THE EXCHANGE FUND

THE

HON

HAD

DAVID LI TODAY BEEN NOTIFIED

L

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