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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994

"IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, FLATS ON THE SITES CAN BE COMPLETED BETWEEN 1996/97 AND 1998/99, HE SAID.

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PRELIMINARY STUDY BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF 12 OF THE 31 SITES INDICATED THAT EIGHT OF THEM COULD BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE SOME OF 5,200 FLATS, MR EASON SAID, ADDING THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON SOME THEM MIGHT START BY THE END OF 1994 OR EARLY 1995.

RESULTS OF THE CURRENT STUDY ON THE REMAINING 19 SITES WERE EXPECTED IN TWO MONTHS, HE SAID.

MR EASON NOTED THAT THE SITES IDENTIFIED WERE IN ESTATES THE ACTUAL POPULATION WAS LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL PLANNED TARGET.

WHERE

"EVEN AFTER BUILDING THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING BLOCKS, THE ESTATE POPULATION WILL BE WITHIN THE PLANNED CAPACITY FOR WHICH ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES WERE DESIGNED AND PROVIDED.

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PLANNING ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS ON THESE SITES, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT NOT ONLY ATTEMPTS TO OPTIMISE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL BUT TO UPGRADE AND IMPROVE, WHERE POSSIBLE, FACILITIES TO MEET THE LATEST STANDARDS," HE SAID.

THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSULT RELEVANT DISTRICT BOARDS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSING ESTATES AFFECTED BEFORE FINALISING THE PLANS, HE ADDED.

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INVESTIGATION INTO SHORTAGE OF UNLEADED PETROL CONDUCTED

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD), IN RESPONSE REPORTS OF FAILURE TO SUPPLY UNLEADED PETROL IN SOME PETROL STATIONS, CARRIED OUT AN INVESTIGATION INVOLVING VISITS TO A NUMBER OF PETROL STATIONS ON MARCH 2, 3 AND 4, 1994.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR EASON SAID ON TWO OCCASIONS ON MARCH 3, THERE WAS A FAILURE TO SUPPLY UNLEADED PETROL ON REQUEST.

MARCH

HOWEVER,

THE

SITUATION SEEMED TO HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL BY

4 AND UNLEADED PETROL WAS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST AT ALL STATIONS VISITED, HE NOTED.

"EPD IS CURRENTLY GATHERING MORE INFORMATION AND CONSULTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS AS TO WHETHER PROSECUTION ACTION UNDER THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE CAN AND SHOULD PROCEED, MR EASON SAID.

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