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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1993
FLATS
HE EXPLAINED THAT HAVING REGARD TO DIFFICULTIES IN LETTING NEW IN TUEN MUN IN 1990/91, THE AUTHORITY APPROVED THE PACKAGE, INCLUDING RELAXED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, TO ATTRACT TENANTS TO THE MORE REMOTE TIN SHUI WAI ESTATE DUE FOR POPULATION INTAKE FROM MID-1992.
SINCE THE AUTHORITY'S PRIORITY IS TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THOSE ALREADY ELIGIBLE UNDER CURRENT CRITERIA FROM WHOM THERE IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT DEMAND TO TAKE UP AVAILABLE SUPPLY, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO OFFER FLATS TO PRIORITY TWO AND THREE APPLICANTS FOR THE PRESENT, HE SAID.
"THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY APPLIED HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEIR CHANCE OF BEING ALLOCATED A FLAT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS SLIM, HE ADDED.
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CALL TO PUBLICISE TV/RADIO PROGRAMMES UNDER COMPLAINTS
THE GOVERNMENT WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (BA) TO CONSIDER PUBLICISING DETAILS OF BREACHES BY LICENSEES OF THE TELEVISION AND RADIO CODES OF PRACTICE ON PROGRAMME AND ADVERTISING STANDARDS.
IN HIS WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ERIC LI КА- CHEUNG, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES So, SAID THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH DETAILS WAS A MATTER FOR THE BA TO DETERMINE AND THAT THE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE OF THE AUTHORITY COULD DETERMINE ITS OWN PROCEDURES.
"CURRENTLY IT IS NOT THE PRACTICE OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY то PUBLICISE DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL BREACHES CONSIDERED BY THE
AUTHORITY.
"HOWEVER,
MR SO SAID.
STATISTICS ON COMPLAINT CASES, INCLUDING DETAILS WARNINGS AND FINANCIAL PENALTIES, ARE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY IN BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT WHICH IS TABLED
IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
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MASSIVE FLOODING CONTROL PROGRAMME IN THE PIPELINE
THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THE FLOODING PROBLEM IN NORTHWESTERN TERRITORIES LIES IN THE COMPLETION OF AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF MAJOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS. MR JAMES BLAKE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR BLAKE SAID THE PROGRAMME WOULD COMPRISE THE TRAINING OF MAIN RIVERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOODWATER PUMPING SCHEMES IN YUEN LONG, KAM TIN. NGAU TAM MEI AND SAN TIN.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG SIU-TONG.
/THESE PROJECTS
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