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6.

Supplementary to Question

LegCo meeting on 27 January

8

is

Mr. LAI: Sir, in the last paragraph of the Secretary's

reply, will Government inform this Council when will the

review on PHIS on Tsing Yi Island be finished and is there

any plan in the long run to remove any of the PHIs from

the Island to other more appropriate locations ?

Island

Secretary for Lands and Works:

are

Sir, the PHI review should

be done by very late 1988. There no plans at present to

remove any PHIs from Tsing Yi Island but certainly plans

are under consideration to move PHIS from east to west.

Mr. POON CHI-FAI (in Canontese): Sir, from the reply

we believe that the installation of PHIS in Tsing Yi

need to be

studied

by

the

professionals of a department and at the same time you

must consider whether there are intervening land features.

However, can the Government inform this Council whether it has

considered stepping up

publicity regarding PHIS

so that people living in the area will not be so afraid

and if you are thinking about doing so, what sort of

approaches would you take ?

Sir, a considerable amount of

Secretary for Lands and Works:

time and effort has been spent to inform residents in Tsing

Yi in particular about what PHIs are going to go where, and what the Government view is on the safety of these PHIS.

I do not think that the problem is one of a lack of information.

le.