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territory -wide
country side
first step
should have
Govern ment
responsibility
is
conservation measures.
reviewing which policy branch
As a
including the
review its
urban fringe areas.
quarry ing policy, with a view
view to rehabilitating
quarries in urban areas as soon as practicable. There will
quarries above the ground in urban areas.
be no new
for country side conservation,
Government will also
6.19
update
the
Finally,
the
the Environment
Government will comprehensively
Chapter of the Hong Kong Planning
Standar ds and Guidelines, to account for recent changes in
various pollution control ordinances, and to generally
improve our environmental planning criteria.