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that, within the next five
five years the corporation will make a real and positive impact on the urban environment.
61.
(e) Environment
As we become a society which can offer an increasing proportion of our people something more than the basic necessities of life, it is natural that more emphasis should be placed on improving the quality of life. This means, among other things,
among other things, giving people a chance to live in a healthy environment free, as far as possible, from pollution. But the harsh reality is that, despite all the efforts made up to
to now, many of our pollution problems are becoming worse, not better. Indeed, after decades of economic and population growth, we are now faced in some areas with serious pollution. I have seen many examples over the past few months. need to do more to tackle this problem.
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We
Our aim is to work out a sensible and co-ordinated programme to deal with pollution in all its various manifestations. Panic measures are not needed. But we need to
to take some clear decisions even first
if, at sight, some of them appear to be relatively costly. It is worth remembering that pollution itself brings its own costs, both human and economic.
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It is