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Extensive consultation has taken place with industrial
organizations and individual firms involved in the
industries which will be affected by the Regulations,
but it is considered desirable that the general public
should also have an opportunity to express their views on
them. Hence we have invited the public to send in their
views to the Health and Welfare Branch and I would also
welcome any comments from Honourable Members on the draft
Regulations. It goes without saying that any such comments
will be considered in the context of the preparation of a
submission to the Executive Council. If Members have any
general comments on the Regulations, perhaps Sir, with your
permission, these could be raised during the debate on the
Second Reading of this Bill. Any comments on the detailed
drafting could perhaps more conveniently be sent to my
office in writing.
9.
Sir, it would not be appropriate for me to expatiate
at length on the contents of the draft Regulations, but I
would like to make two points. First, the Regulations will.
initially apply only to the Tolo Harbour and Channel Water
Control Zone, the only zone so far declared under the
Ordinance, although it is the intention to declare other
Water Control Zones in the future in the light of
experience gained in the Tolo area. Secondly, detailed
guidance notes, in both Chinese and English, will be issued
to help industrialists to complete the necessary application
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