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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1994

THE AIM WAS TO SOLICIT PUBLIC VIEWS ON THE PRESENT FILM CENSORSHIP SYSTEM AND STANDARDS AS WELL AS ON FILM POSTERS.

IT DID NOT COVER PORNOGRAPHIC COMPUTER SOFTWARE OR ANY

INDECENT OBSCENE

BY ARTICLES WHICH ARE NOT OR

GOVERNED

CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE.

OTHER THE FILM

"THE

FIELD WORK FOR THIS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE END 1993 AS SCHEDULED, SAID MR SO.

OF

"THE

CONDUCT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FIRM COMMISSIONED TO SURVEY IS NOW

ANALYSING TABULATING,

AND INTERPRETING THE COLLECTED, AND THE FINAL REPORT SHOULD BE READY BY THE END OF HE ADDED.

THE DATA MARCH,

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PUBLIC HOUSING LIFT CONTRACTORS COMPLYING WITH REGULATIONS

LIFTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME (HOS) COURTS UNDER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S DIRECT MANAGEMENT ARE EXEMPT FROM CONTROL UNDER THE BUILDING (LIFTS) REGULATIONS.

IN BE IN

NONETHELESS, CONTRACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING LIFTS PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND HOS COURTS HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND TO BREACH OF THE REGULATIONS IN CARRYING OUT THEIR WORK.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY BASON, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY} A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG CHI-WOOD.

AS A MATTER OF POLICY, MR EASON SAID, THE REPLACES ALL LIFTS WHICH ARE MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD.

HOUSING

AND IN

AUTHORITY

ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF LIFTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES COURTS ARE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OLD.

ABOUT 27 PER CENT ARE BETWEEN FIVE TO 10 YEARS OLD REST ARE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 YEARS OLD.

AND HOS

WHILE THE

A

MR EASON SAID THE COST OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TO LIFTS AS

TO PERCENTAGE OF THE MANAGEMENT FEES OF HOS COURTS VARIED COURT FROM

CENT OF TOTAL PBR COURT, ADDING THAT IT ACCOUNTED FOR 15 TO 20 MANAGEMENT FEES ON AVERAGE.

AS REGARDS

PUBLIC HOUSING

THE ESTATES,

TOTAL COST OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TO LIFTS GENERALLY REPRESENTS THREE TO FOUR PER CENT OF THE TOTAL RENTS COLLECTED.

A HOWEVER, A TOTAL OF 24,309 REPAIR ORDERS WERE CARRIED OUT AT COST OF $23.8 MILLION IN 1993, REPRESENTING AN AVERAGE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR COST OF $47,460 PER LIFT, HE SAID.

THERE ARE