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81.
Legislation is only part of our effort to improve
the environment. The commissioning in April of Hong Kong's
first Refuse Transfer Station at Kowloon Bay has made it
possible
Jordan Valley Landfill. Within the
to
close the
next few months, the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator will have been
news to those living nearby. Tenders
shut down
welcome
Nor have we
are being evaluated for a second Transfer Station; a third
is being planned; and a contract for a Chemical Waste
Treatment Centre is due to be signed shortly.
lost sight of the fact that pollution is no respecter of
The establishment of a joint Hong Kong-Guangdong
Environmental Protection Liaison Group in July shows yet
again the importance we attach to co-operation with China on
specific issues which affect us both.
borders.
82.
Encouraging as these
developments
are, there is
much more still to be done.
Government but
our
I hope that not only the
also our major trading and industrial
organisations will take part and show their determination to
environment. The adoption of recycling schemes
and housing estates is а sign that the
becoming increasingly conscious of its
protect
by
companies
community is
responsibility
the
for the environment. One welcome move was
opening
in
November
last year of а Centre of
/Environmental