Secretary for Health and Welfare : Sir, the arrangements for
dumping the PFA into the lagoons will be subject to a licence
to be issued by the Director of Environmental Protection and
under the Waste Disposal Ordinance and it is an offence to
carry out dumping without such a licence and also not
observe the conditions imposed under the licence.
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Mr. TAI : Sir, may I ask whether any vigorous action will be
taken by the Government to ensure that the illicit activity as
mentioned by Mr. LAU will not occur?
Secretary for Health and Welfare : Yes, Sir, I can assure the
Council that we will do everything in our power to detect any
illegal activity and to take strict action against it.