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HE SAID THE HONG KONG -

GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LIAISON GROUP ESTABLISHED IN 1990 BETWEEN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU WAS THE MAIN CHANNEL FOR DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN.

BAY

UP SINCE MAI

SIDES HAVE AGREED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT OF DEEP BOTH AND ITS CATCHMENTS, AND A TECHNICAL SUB-GROUP HAS BEEN SET 1992 TO DISCUSS RELATED MATTERS, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OF THE PO NATURE RESERVE.

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MR MAK POINTED OUT THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND ADJACENT TO THE AND TOWN PLANS PO NATURE RESERVE WAS CONTROLLED BY STATUTORY APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION FROM THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD REQUIRED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS NOT PERMITTED AS OF THE TOWN PLANS.

"DEVELOPERS

HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE

WAS RIGHT IN

SATISFACTION OF THE

BEFORE

BOARD THAT THEIR PROPOSALS WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE CONSERVATION OBJECTIVE OF THE MAI PO NATURE RESERVE AND THE INNER DEEP BAY THEY ARE APPROVED,' HE SAID.

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NO RESURGENCE IN CAR THEFTS

THERE IS NO RESURGENCE IN THE NUMBER OF CAR THEFTS IN THE

TERRITORY.

OF YEAR.

IN FACT, THE LEVEL OF LUXURY CAR THEFTS IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS LAST THIS YEAR WAS 72 PER CENT LOWER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR

SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN BARROW ASPREY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN

MR ASPREY SAID THE POLICE MET REGULARLY WITH THE INSURANCE ANTI-THEFT INDUSTRY AND CAR MANUFACTURERS TO ENCOURAGE THE FITTING OF DEVICES IN THE CARS.

ANTI-THEFT THESE DIALOGUE,' HE SAID.

"THE RECENT DECREASE IN THE THEFT OF NEW MODEL VEHICLES WITH DEVICES ILLUSTRATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS

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FIRST IN THE

TWO MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 697 VEHICLES REPORTED STOLEN, HIGHER THAN THAT IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST BY 67.

WERE

YEAR

IT

COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH THE FIGURE OF 995 PERIOD LAST YEAR.

FOR THE

SAME

HE

SAID

MONTHLY FIGURES FOR STOLEN VEHICLES TENDED

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FLUCTUATE.

/THE SECRETARY

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