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The Scheme is very useful and has helped Members of the Independent Police Complaints Council fulfil their independent monitoring role. Through these interviews, the Council can clarify ambiguities in statements given by witnesses or allow them to elaborate on their side of the story. This valuable information cannot be readily obtained from scrutiny of the files or from correspondence with CAPO. In fact, these interviews have so far enabled the Independent Police Complaints Council to re-examine the classification of four complaint cases and to confirm the findings in two other cases.

The Independent Police Complaints Council, together with the Administration, would keep the interviewing system under review to see if any improvements are warranted in the future.

End/Wednesday, April 26, 1995

Noise nuisance caused by airport railway works

Following is a question by the Hon Lee Wing-tat and a reply by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Tony Eason, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the noise nuisance caused by the airport railway construction works, will the Government inform this Council whether:

(a)

(b)

the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) has made a verbal or written undertaking that the noise level from such works will be kept below 75db; if so, what the details of the undertaking are and what monitoring measures have been adopted by the Government;

it is aware that the noise level from such works at Lai King has frequently exceeded 75db, and even reached 90 db on one occasion, since the commencement of the works; if so, whether any attempts have been made to find out the reasons for such high noise levels and whether remedial measures have been adopted; and