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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

LOWEST QUOTA.

THE

THE SAI KUNG NORTH CONSTITUENCY IN TAI PO DISTRICT HAS

POPULATION OF 2,329 OR 86.35 PER CENT BELOW THE POPULATION

IT HAS BEEN DELINEATED AS A SEPARATE PROPOSED CONSTITUENCY ACCOUNT OF ITS WIDE GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD AND INACCESSIBILITY.

ON

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE BEC MEMBERS, PROFESSOR LEUNG CHI-KEUNG AND NORMAN LEUNG NAI-PANG, WHO HAS REPLACED THE FORMER MEMBER, MR ROBERT KOTEWALL, QC, WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1.

JUSTICE MR

WOO SAID THE COMMISSION WAS

то GRATEFUL

THE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO HAD TENDERED THEIR VIEWS TO FACILITATE THE COMMISSION'S DELIBERATIONS.

HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE FORMER MEMBER, MR KOTEWALL, WHO HAD FOR RESIGNED FROM HIS APPOINTMENT DUE TO HIS OTHER HEAVY COMMITMENTS, HIS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMISSION'S WORK.

COPIES OF THE REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND DURING OFFICE HOURS FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT THE REGISTRATION ELECTORAL OFFICE, DISTRICT OFFICES AND THEIR SUB-OFFICES AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES.

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SPECIAL TEAM TO LOOK INTO FIRE INCIDENT

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THAT THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES WILL SET UP A SPECIAL INTER-DEPARTMENTAL INVESTIGATION TEAM TO LOOK INTO THE TRAGIC INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED THE SHEK KIP MEI BRANCH OF THE HONG KONG BANK ON JANUARY 10.

AT

THE

OF THE TEAM WILL LOOK INTO THE CAUSE AND CIRCUMSTANCES FIRE, AND CONSIDER AND RECOMMEND TO THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY WHETHER ANY IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES AND MEANS OF ESCAPE PROVIDED IN COMMERCIAL PREMISES OF SIMILAR LAY-OUT.

SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT,

FIRE THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM WILL COMPRISE MEMBERS OF THE

BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING

IT WILL START WORK IMMEDIATELY AND HOPES TO COMPLETE ITS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WORK

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