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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994

EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF HOUSEHOLD ONLY CHANGE GRADUALLY AND THE IMPACT ON THE CPI IS USUALLY MINIMAL, HE SAID, ADDING THAT PAST RESEARCH ON ACTUAL FIGURES WELL ILLUSTRATED THIS.

NOTING THAT UPDATING WAS PART OF THE SYSTEM, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CARRY OUT A HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY ONCE EVERY FIVE

OVER YEARS TO ENSURE THAT CHANGES IN EXPENDITURE PATTERNS

TIME WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE COMPILATION OF THE INDEX.

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"THE NEXT SURVEY WILL START IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, HE SALD, STRESSING THAT THE INDEX WAS COMPILED BY SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY THAT FULLY ACCORDED WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICES.

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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY ON GOLF CENTRE ENDORSED

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THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT (ACE) HAS NINE-MONTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) UNDERTAKEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KAU SAI CHAU PUBLIC GOLF CENTRE. THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MRS RACHEL CARTLAND, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG CHI-WOOD, CARTLAND SAID THE EIA DID PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM THE PROJECT.

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MRS CARTLAND SAID THE ACE HAD LAID DOWN SIX CONDITIONS WHEN ENDORSING THE EIA REPORT, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT BROADLY ACCEPTED AND COULD MEET AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

ON THE FIRST CONDITION OF IMPLEMENTING ALL THE MEASURES RECOMMENDED IN THE EIA STUDY, SHE SAID THEY WOULD BE FULLY INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN AND AN ENVIRONMENT MONITORING AND AUDIT MANUAL TO BE USED BY THE CONTRACTORS AND THE FUTURE MANAGEMENT BODY OF THE GOLF CENTRE.

AS REGARDS THE REQUEST FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE FIELD WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND A REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE EIA SUB- COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

ALSO MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TURF MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE TRANSPLANTATION OF THE MANGROVES AND THE RESTORATION COMMITTEE.

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OF HABITAT WILL BE DRAWN UP AND SUBMITTED TO THE SUB-

"THE ACE'S REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF REPAIRS TO THE LANDSCAPE AND USE OF ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES WILL BE GIVEN EARLY ATTENTION, MRS CARTLAND SAID, ADDING SHE INTENDED TO USE HER POSITION ON THE PROJECT BOARD TO GET THESE MATTERS RAISED IMMEDIATELY AND DISCUSSED THOROUGHLY.

THE BOARD WAS FORMED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, WHICH WILL DEVELOP THE GOLF CENTRE, TO OVERSEE THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.

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