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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1992

THE WORKS WERE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1999 IN TIN SHUI WAI, 1998 IN YUEN LONG AND KAM TIN, 1997 IN NGAU TAM MEI AND 1999 IN SAN TIN,

DURING CONSTRUCTION THERE WOULD BE CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WORKS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE FREE FLOW OF THE EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND FOR CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCES AND TEMPORARY WORKS ΤΟ RECEIVE INDEPENDENT CHECKS BY THE RESIDENT ENGINEERS.

"THEY WILL BE PARTICULARLY

WATCHFUL ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THESE DURING THE WET

CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS ARE COMPLIED WITH, ESPECIALLY

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SEASON, HE SAID.

HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE LONG-TERM FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS TO BE REALISED.

MEANWHILE, THE GOVERNMENT WAS UNDERTAKING A VARIETY OF SHORT-TERM FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES.

THE SHORT-TERM FLOOD MITIGATION MANAGEMENT, RIVER MAINTENANCE, LOCAL FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM.

MEASURES INCLUDED FLOODPLAIN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND A

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PLUTONIUM CARRIER WILL NOT NAVIGATE CLOSE TO HK

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE COURSE OF THE PLUTONIUM CARRIER "ALATSUKI MARU" WILL BRING IT CLOSE TO HONG KONG.

MS

SERVICES,

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC PLIZABETH BOSHER, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE CHRISTINE LOH KUNG-WAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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MS BOSHER SAID ASSURANCES HAD BERN GIVEN BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT THAT SHOULD THE CARRIER ENTER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, IT WOULD, IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, REMAIN IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS AND NOT NAVIGATE CLOSER THAN 200 MILES TO THE TERRITORY.

THE JAPANESE VESSEL IS CARRYING A CARGO OF RADIOACTIVE PLUTONIUM FROM FRANCE TO JAPAN.

SHE SAID HONG KONG PORT AUTHORITIES WOULD, IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL, REGULATIONS, BE ENTITLED TO DENY ENTRY INTO HONG KONG WATERS OF ANY VESSEL DEEMED TO POSE A GRAVE AND IMMINENT THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE PORT OR TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

SHE SAID THE NUMBER OF IMPORT LICENCES ISSUED FOR RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES TRANSHIPPED OR LANDED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS 1,140 1990) AND 1,180 (IN 1991) RESPECTIVELY.

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THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THESE WERE IN RESPECT OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED BY HOSPITALS AND BY LABORATORIES INSTITUTIONS.

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EDUCATIONAL

/FURTHER CONTROLS