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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1993

IMPROVEMENTS AT CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT

THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN STEPS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYGIENE CONDITIONS IN THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT AND ITS SURROUNDNG AREAS ON SUNDAYS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON YEUNG

SUM, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THESE MEASURES INCLUDED PLACING A LARGE NUMBER OF 240 LITRE BULK LITTER CONTAINERS THROUGHOUT THE ARBA AND TWO LARGE SKIPS FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF WASTE; DEPLOYING A LARGE FORCE OF CLEANSING AND OTHER STAFF IN THE AREA AND INCREASED ENFORCEMENT AGAINST LITTERING AND OTHER OFFENCES SUCH AS ILLEGAL HAWKING.

MR

EASON SAID THERE HAD BEEN NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PAST FBW MONTHS AND THE AREA WAS BEING KEPT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE HAVING REGARD TO ITS HEAVY USE.

IN ADDITION, HE SAID DIFFERENT METHODS WERE BEING USED TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM BY DEPLOYING A BROADCASTING VAN AND ERECTING NOTICE BOARDS WITH ANTI-LITTER MESSAGES IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES AND MOBILISING A NUMBER OF VOLUNTARY GROUPS TO GIVE OUT PUBLICITY MATERIALS.

NO AIDS VICTIMS TURNED AWAY

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THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED INCIDENT OF LICENSED FUNERAL PARLOURS REJECTING REQUESTS FOR FUNERAL SERVICE, OR OF HOSPITALS TURNING AWAY PATIENTS WHO ARE AIDS VICTIMS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MRS WONG SAID THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS EVER READY TO GIVE NECESSARY ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THE LICENSED FUNERAL PARLOURS AND UNDERTAKERS ON THE PROPER WAY AND THE REQUIRED SPECIAL PROCEDURE POR DEALING WITH THE BODIES OF THOSE WHO DIED OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

GUIDELINES ON THE PROPER HANDLING OF PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO ALL HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT, SHE SAID, ADDING THAT REFUSAL BY MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO TREAT SUCH PATIENTS IS A BREACH OF THE CODE OF PRACTICE AND COULD LEAD ΤΟ DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

MRS WONG SAID DISPEL MISCONCEPTION, CONSCIENCE.

PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL то TO REMOVE PREJUDICE AND TO AWAKEN COMMUNITY

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