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97.
(f) Environment
Our efforts must not only be directed to the
Kong; we must also protect the
of Hong
development environment in which we live and work.
98.
Water pollution blight on our environment. declared the first Water Pollution Control Ordinance, and regulations to control discharges there will be submitted to the Executive Council this year.
is arguably the most serious During the year Tolo Harbour was Control Zone, under the Water
99.
Each day, 2,000 tonnes of untreated animal waste The cost of this are dumped into Hong Kong's watercourses. to the community
Accordingly can no longer be tolerated. legislation for the proper storage and disposal of animal waste is in draft. A central steering group has been established under the Secretary for Health and Welfare
oversee
management.
and coordinate watercourse
to
maintenance
and
District level
level plans are
already in
hand
sources
of pollution.
We
will
considerably
reduce
the
expect despoiling
to
that these
of
Our
tackle local
measures
rivers and streams.
This session should also
also see the introduction of
100.
legislation
nuisances.
to
provide
more
effective controls
on
noise
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101.
LAW, ORDER AND SECURITY
turn from
In this last section of my address, I
our social
task of protecting society to the programmes against those who take unscrupulous advantage of the benefits it bestows. Few subjects are of closer concern to the public.
/(a)
Crime