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WEDNESDAY, JULY 7,

JULY 7, 1993

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COMPLAINTS SYSTEM AGAINST REGISTERED SURVEYORS TO STAY

THERE IS NO PLAN AT THIS STAGE TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM FOR THE PUBLIC TO LODGE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE ETHICAL STANDARD OF REGISTERED SURVEYORS TO THE SURVEYORS REGISTRATION BOARD.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR S K KWEI IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALBERT CHAN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR KWEI SAID SIMILAR TO OTHER PROFESSIONS, THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE RELEVANT PROFESSSIONAL REGISTRATION BOARD TO MONITOR THE OPERATIONS OF ITS MEMBERS.

VIEWS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ARE REFLECTED TO THE BOARD THROUGH THE BOARD MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

THE BOARD HAS THE POWER TO REMOVE REGISTERED SURVEYORS COMMITTING SERIOUS DISCIPLINARY OFFENCES FROM THE REGISTER.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY ENGAGING REGISTERED SURVEYORS HAVE DIRECT ACCESS FOR ANY COMPLAINTS ON THE PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF AN INDIVIDUAL ESTATE SURVEYOR.

"MEMBERS CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE KEPT UNDER REVIEW FOR IMPROVEMENT IF FOUND NECESSARY, MR KWEI SAID.

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HOUSING AUTHORITY'S GAS SUPPLY POLICY EXPLAINED

THE

IT IS

HOUSING AUTHORITY'S POLICY THAT TOWNGAS WILL BE ADOPTED FOR NEW ESTATES WHERE AVAILABLE AND A PIPED LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS SUPPLY WILL ONLY BE ADOPTED WHERE THE FORMER IS NOT LIKELY TO BECOME AVAILABLE, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FRED LI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR EASON SAID THIS POLICY WAS FORMULATED AFTER VERY CONSIDERATION AND HAD BEEN REVIEWED FROM TIME TO TIME, MOST IN 1990.

THOROUGH RECENTLY

FACTORS CONSIDERED BY THE AUTHORITY INCLUDE FLEXIBILITY, COST, SAFETY, SECURITY OF SUPPLY, THE NEED GAS STORAGE AND POSSIBLE ADAPTABILITY TO NATURAL GAS IN FUTURE.

FOR

PLANNING ON-SITE

NO

HE SAID PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS AS CONSUMERS OF TOWNGAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TOWNGAS CONSUMERS AND WERE NOT SUBJECT

TARIFF DIFFERENT

STRUCTURE SO THEIR INTERESTS PROTECTED AS OTHER CONSUMERS'

WERE

JUST

AS

WERE TO A WELL

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE DIFFERENCE IN CHARGES FOR AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS HAD BEEN MARGINAL, HE SAID.

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