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SCMP Reporter

Q Should residents have to endure renovation work before their deadline for quitting a building?

Any noise and nuisance committed by commencing renovation work before the deadline for quitting  premises is seen as a breach of contract by the landlord.

The landlord should either delay the work until the premises are vacated or,  if he cannot wait,  waive the rent  to compensate  the  tenants.

The tenants of Bo Yip building are lucky that their term of endurance of the nuisance is for six months and the landlord is ready to co-operate with them: Hanoi Road  tenants of an old building locked in a construction zone outlined for development by the Town Planning Board have been frozen with their hardships for more than 25 years.

Nalini Daswani

Q Will dubbing more films in Cantonese lower English-language standards?

In the cinema section of the Post  yesterday,  I counted 12 screenings of the children's animation film The Wild. Eleven of these screenings were in Cantonese and only one was in English, showing at UA Citygate in Tung Chung.

Why is it necessary to have so many screenings in Cantonese? I would think there is enough demand for more than one English screening, and certainly for at least one on Hong Kong Island.

Surely there are many local children for whom English is a second language who would be more than capable of watching this movie in its original format. Indeed, what better way to practise the language than by watching an enjoyable and entertaining animated feature film?

Susan Mifsud, Pokfulam

Q Should the government ban  the use of PAAG?

If you ask most people about their opinion of PAAG (the bust-boosting gel hydrophilic polyacrylamide), probably all would say we should absolutely ban its use.

It is very selfish of businesspeople to use PAAG for cosmetic surgery while knowing it is toxic.

I think many women should reconsider if their appearance is really so important that they are willing to risk their life. Appearance is not eternal, what is precious is that a person has a good heart.

Cheng Hong-ki, Tsuen Wan

Q Are children spending too much time surfing the Net?

We have a lot of homework and we need to spend a lot of time revising. This means that children should not spend that much time  on the internet.

Also most children now know that if you spend too much time on the computer, your eyes will become bad. There are a lot of warnings about this from teachers, television and parents. We don't want our eyes to become bad.

If children start wearing glasses, they will regret it in the future, when they grow up.

I spend about an hour a day on the internet. Every half an hour, I take a break from the screen.

The less time children spend on the internet, the better their examination results will be. In my class, the students who spend only about two to three hours a week surfing the internet are the ones who get the best grades.

Most children know the consequences of spending too much time on the internet and should be prepared to accept the consequences.

Kelvin Chan (P5 student),

Yau Tong

On other matters ...

Having heard on a number of occasions Victor Fung Kwok-king,  in his role as chairman of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council, urge Hong Kong businesspeople to take a more active role in reducing pollution in the region, I was disappointed to find that employees of the Li and Fung Group have not been encouraged to reduce waste in his own company.

On buying a newspaper recently at  Circle K, the assistant was most eager to have me take a plastic bag, although I had my own carrier with me. She also wanted to include a packet of tissues.

I will certainly encourage my friends to shop at 7 Eleven instead of Circle K as staff there are far less eager to give customers extras.

Andy Yau, Wan Chai

I agree that Cafe de Coral should be taken to task for its environmentally unfriendly practices. Their takeaway breakfasts come with a plastic bag for each  item, plus a  plastic carry bag. That is an average of five plastic bags and two polystyrene containers for one breakfast.

While Cafe de Coral is to be commended for its non-smoking policy, it is time it scrutinised its general contribution to pollution.

Karno Yan, Ap Lei Chau

Five portions of vegetables are essential to a healthy diet, as recommended by the World Health Organisation. Health promoters are extremely conscious about how to promote this to the  public. To achieve this goal, providing safe vegetables  is most important.

As a doctor, I am alarmed by news reports that some supermarkets may have sold tainted vegetables. Disclosing their origins to government regulators is one step towards protecting consumers. I hope the relevant supermarket chains will do so quickly.

Cecilia Young, Pokfulam



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