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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994
"THE LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMME HAS EXCEEDED THE 50 HACTARES LIMIT IN EVERY SINGLE YEAR SINCE THE COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985. IT
ADDITIONAL ASIDE AN ΤΟ HAS
SET ALSO SUPPLEMENTARY DISPOSAL IF NECESSARY.
AGREED
FIVE
HACTARES
FOR
AND PRACTICAL MR EASON POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE TECHNICAL
SLOP MIGHT SITES
FROM ONE REASONS WHY
OF CERTAIN THE DISPOSAL
OF INTEREST FINANCIAL YEAR TO THE NEXT, AND THESE INCLUDED THE LACK SHOWN BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS OR UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS IN LAND FORMATION OR SERVICING.
THE REVIEWING
OF HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO
IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR SOME OF THE SITES TO BE DISPOSED OF
WHETHER HIGHER LATTER PART OF THE YEAR AND FOR FUTURE SITES TO SEE DENSITIES CAN BE ACHIEVED.
DENSITY
MR EASON STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT OPERATE LAND PRICE POLICY,
A HIGH
"THE MARKET DETERMINES LAND PRICES,
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT.
"THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF DELIBERATELY
HE SAID. LAND SUPPLY IN ORDER TO JACK UP THE PRICE."
WITHHOLDING
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SPEECH ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DEBATE
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PLANT TODAY
THE FOLLOWING IS A SPEECH BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, KEN WOODHOUSE, ON THE MOTION DEBATE ON NUCLEAR POWER (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:
MR
MR PRESIDENT,
I PROPOSE TO COMMENT FIRST ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND THEN THE AMENDED MOTION.
ON
WAS
WE
NO NUCLEAR I WOULD FIRST OF ALL LIKE TO STATE THAT THERE WAS EMERGENCY AT DAYA BAY IN APRIL. THE PROBLEM LEADING TO THE SHUT DOWN PROBLEM OF UNIT ONE OF THE PLANT WAS IN THE CONVENTIONAL ISLAND. THE WAS NOT CLASSIFIED ON THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR EVENTS SCALE. IT NOT A REPORTABLE EVENT AND HAD ABSOLUTELY NO SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE. OBTAINED SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF THE AND CONCLUDE THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION OF IN FACT, MR PRESIDENT, THERE HAS BEEN NO EVENT SINCE NUCLEAR POWER STATION WAS COMMISSIONED WHICH REQUIRIES THE TO TAKE ANY RESPONSE OF ANY DESCRIPTION.
THE
PROBLEM ANY KIND.
GUANGDONG GOVERNMENT
/IN RESPONDING
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