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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1993

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POLICY ON CHINESE NATIONALS WORKING IN HK

OR ORDINARY PEOPLE'S UNDER

CHINESE NATIONALS HOLDING DIPLOMATIC, SERVICE PASSPORTS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARE ALLOWED ΤΟ WORK IN HONG KONG OFFICIAL AUSPICES.

THE POLICY WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU CHIN- SHEK IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AT THE END OF MAY, THERE WERE 9,455 SUCH PERSONS.

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IN 1991 1992 AND THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS APPROVED WERE 1,999, 2,603 AND 1,302

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SAFETY CLEARANCE OF HILLSIDE SQUATTERS

THE GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDS SAFETY CLEARANCE OF SQUATTERS ON STEEP HILLSIDES BECAUSE THEY ARE AT RISK DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON ALBERT CHAN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BLAKE SAID IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE TO CARRY OUT LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE WORKS ON THESE SLOPES UNTIL SQUATTERS WERE CLEARED BECAUSE THEY WERE BLOCKING SUCH WORKS.

BETWEEN 1984 AND 1992, SLOPE INSPECTIONS WERE MADE OF ABOUT 70 NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGES INCLUDING ABOUT 24 IN THE TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG AREAS AND CLEARANCE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE (GEO) TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

THE PROGRAMME OF RE-INSPECTION OF THESE STARTED IN JULY 1992 TS PROGRESSING WELL. AND WILL BE THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR.

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VILLAGES WHICH COMPLETED BY

THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INSPECTIONS OF AREAS NOT PREVIOUSLY DEALT WITH IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 80 SUCH AREAS, A NUMBER OF WHICH ARE WITHIN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG DISTRICTS.

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"THOSE AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE ARE ADVISED BY LETTER AND ARE GIVEN ADVICE ON THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT HEAVY RAINFALL, MR BLAKE SAID.

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/MR BLAKE