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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1992
HE ADDED THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DANGEROUS GOODS IN THE TSUEN WAN DGA AND THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANCHORAGE WERE CONSIDERED TO BE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE ONLY PRODUCTS ALLOWED TO BE CONTAINED IN VESSELS BERTHED THERE ARE CERTAIN TYPES OF FUEL OIL.
THIS TYPE OF DANGEROUS GOODS IS OF LOW INHERENT DANGER AND THERE IS NEGLIGIBLE EXPLOSION RISK.
MR ASPREY SAID POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE OR HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES WERE REQUIRED TO BE HANDLED AT MORE REMOTE AND ISOLATED ANCHORAGES.
DANGEROUS GOODS ARE ONLY PERMITTED TO BE HELD IN VESSELS BERTHED THERE; NO HANDLING OR TRANSFER OF THE GOODS FROM ONE VESSEL TO ANOTHER IS PERMITTED AT THIS ANCHORAGE, HE ADDED.
"WE BELIEVE THAT THE SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN CONTAINING DANGEROUS GOODS AND RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS IS ADEQUATE IN TERMS OF SAFETY, HE SAID.
VESSELS ENTIRELY
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CONSUMER COUNCIL MONITORS PROPERTY SALE AND PURCHASE
THE CONSUMER COUNCIL HAS NO STATUTORY POWERS то REGULATE THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR TH CHAU, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FUNG KIN-KEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL, WHEN CARRYING OUT ITS STATUTORY FUNCTION OF PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS, MONITORS THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
THESE INCLUDE:
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COLLECTING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION: THE COUNCIL'S 16 CONSUMER ADVICE CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY ANSWER QUERIES AND ORGANISE TALKS ON PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES. THE COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY EXAMINING THE QUESTION OF LIABILITY DEFECTS IN NEW BUILDINGS;
HANDLING COMPLAINTS: THE COUNCIL HANDLES CONSUMERS RELATING TO ESTATE AGENTS AND WORK IN THIS AREA LED то THE PUBLIC DEVELOPERS AND THEIR SALES AGENTS BY THE 1992;
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COMPLAINTS FROM PROPERTIES. ITS CENSURE OF THREE COUNCIL IN MARCH
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