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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1992

ONLY CORPORATISED DEPT IN PAST 10 YEARS

THE ONLY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN CORPORATISED DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS IS THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (KCR).

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR YEUNG SAID A RECENT REVIEW OF KCR SHOWED THAT THE CORPORATION HAD COPED EFFECTIVELY WITH AN AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF 14 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SINCE 1984.

IT HAS ALSO BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN FARE INCREASES DURING THIS PERIOD TO BELOW THE INFLATION RATE.

"THE OVERALL OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF THE CORPORATION HAS IMPROVED STEADILY, HE SAID.

ALSO

THE KOR WAS CORPORATISED IN 1982.

THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT NO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC SERVICE HAD BEEN PRIVATISED DURING THIS PERIOD, ALTHOUGH SOMB PUBLIC SERVICES HAD BEEN LET OUT BY CONTRACT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

"SOME EXAMPLES OF CONTRACTING OUT ARE GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS (1984), THE GOVERNMENT ABATTOIR AT KENNEDY TOWN (1990) AND THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL (1991), HE ADDED.

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FLASHING NEON LIGHTS PROHIBITED FOR SAFETY REASONS

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IN THE SAME

LIGHTS, AIRPORT AND THUS

THE EXISTENCE OF ANY POWERFUL FLASHING LIGHTS VICINITY, OTHER THAN THE AIRPORT-RELATED FLASHING BEACONS AND COULD CAUSE

CAUSE CONFUSION TO PILOTS APPROACHING THE ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SAFETY OF AIRCRAFT.

SERVICES, YOUNG

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC MR ROBERT WILSON, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HOWARD IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FLASHING LIGHTS OVER A CERTAIN PROHIBITED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE HONG KONG

INTENSITY ARE SPECIFICALLY (CONTROL OF OBSTRUCTIONS) ORDINANCE.

AIRPORT

SIMILARLY, THE SHIPPING AND PORT THAT THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE MAY DIRECT

CONTROL ORDINANCE PROVIDES ILLUMINATED

THE REMOVAL SIGN,

OF A WHETHER

LIGHT OR FLASHING OR NOT, IF SUCH OBSCURES, RESTRICTS

LIGHT OR INTERFERES WITH ANY

OR SIGN MIGHT ADVERSELY AFFECT SAFE NAVIGATION.

NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS OR

/HE SAID