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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992

MR EASON SAID INSPECTION OF THE REMAINING BUILDINGS IN CATEGORY II WAS CONTINUING.

THE RECENT ENACTMENT OF BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ORDINANCE 1992, WHICH EMPOWERED THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE OWNERS OF BUILDINGS IN SUSPECT CONDITION TO HAVE THEIR BUILDINGS INVESTIGATED BY AN AUTHORISED PERSON, WOULD HELP SPEED THIS PROCESS UP BY REDUCING RELIANCE ON THE BOO TO COMPLETE IT, HE ADDED.

INFORMATION ON POLICE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS RELEASED

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THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING POLICE VEHICLES WAS 887 IN 1990, 858 IN 1991 AND 689 IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS THIS YEAR.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN 1990. 11 PERSONS WERE INJURED IN 10 INCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURIES TO PEDESTRIANS.

MONTHS

THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR 1991 AND THE FIRST 10 THIS YEAR WERE 16 PERSONS IN 15 INCIDENTS AND 17 PERSONS IN 17 INCIDENTS RESPECTIVELY, MR STRACHAN, SAID.

DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS ONE PEDESTRIAN DIED AS A RESULT OF

A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVOLVING A POLICE VEHICLE.

CHANNELS FOR COMPLAINTS ON OVERSEAS PROPERTIES ADVERTISEMENTS

CONSUMERS MAY REFER COMPLAINTS AGAINST ALLEGEDLY FALSE ADVERTISEMENTS ON OVERSEAS PROPERTIES TO THE CONSUMER COUNCIL TO WHETHER IT CAN VERIFY THE CONTENTS.

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THE ADVICE WAS GIVEN BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MS DENISE YUE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FREDERICK FUNG KIN KEE, MISS YUE SAID THE CONSUMER COUNCIL HAD GOOD CONTACTS WITH ITS OVERSEAS COUNTERPARTS.

IT IS DEVELOPING NEW CONTACTS WITH RELEVANT AUTHORITIES IN

AND NEIGHBOURING SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, SHE ADDED.

GUANGDONG

/HAVING COLLECTED