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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1994

* UNAUTHORISED

ROOFTOP STRUCTURES

WHICH

STRUCTURAL MEMBERS OF THE PARENT BUILDING, ENDANGERING OR PROPERTY;

OVER-LOAD

THE

LIFE

UNSTABLE WHICH IS IN

AND

* AN UNAUTHORISED ROOFTOP STRUCTURE

DANGEROUS OR DILAPIDATED CONDITIONS; AND

* UNAUTHORISED ROOFTOP STRUCTURES WHICH ARE

TIME OF DISCOVERY.

WERE TO

BEING ERECTED AT

EXPLAINED MRS YU: "IF A FIRE

ENGULF THE STAIRCASE, THE ONLY STAIRCASE TO RESIDENTS ABOVE THE FIRE WOULD NEED TO GO UP THE ROOF TO AWAIT RESCUE BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

"WITH MANY UNAUTHORISED ROOFTOP STRUCTURES ON THE ROOFTOP, RESIDENTS MAY BE TRAPPED.

THE

"OCCUPANTS OF THESE THEMSELVES ALSO BE IN DANGER."

UNAUTHORISED

ROOFTOP STRUCTURES

WOULD

OUT THAT WHENEVER THE MRS YU POINTED SOUGHT TO CLOSE UNAUTHORISED ROOFTOP STRUCTURES, THE HOUSING

BEFOREHAND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE NOTIFIED WELL REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE COULD BE TO THE OCCUPIERS.

TO ARRANGE FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT

CONCLUDING THE MEETING, MRS YU UNDERTOOK OCCUPIERS' REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET EARLY WITH THE AND OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS.

BUIDLINGS DEPARTMENT AND THE SO THAT OFFERED

VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MAY 1994

THE VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR LOCAL PRODUCTION IN MAY 1994 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE OVER A YEAR EARLIER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A MONTHLY SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARING MAY 1994 WITH MAY 1993, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF OUTSTANDING ORDERS WAS RECORDED IN THE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+20%).

MODERATE INCREASES IN ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+9%), FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+8%) AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY (+5%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES BOTH DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 21%. THE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY ALSO RECORDED A DECREASE IN ORDERS BY 11%.

COMPARED WITH APRIL 1994, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE VALUE MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MAY 1994 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.

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