09-OCT-1991
17:02
SECRETARIAT D.A.U.
+852 845 7895
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corresponding figure for
the MTR during the period of its
construction.
(a) The Environment
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enormous
Some people also
infrastructural
worry about the impact that the
developments we are undertaking
At the same time, there is a
will have on the environment.
good deal of relief that removing the airport from Kai Tak
will make a very substantial difference to the lives of the
sorely-tried inhabitants of Kowloon.
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priority.
Improving the environment
environmental
remains an urgent
Last year, I outlined a comprehensive
programme designed to ensure that economic
progress is not achieved at the expense of a deterioration
in the air we breathe and the water we drink.
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One major priority must be to deal with the more
than 22 thousand tonnes of rubbish which Hong Kong produces
every day. Also we must stop treating the waters around
Hong Kong as а dumping ground for sewage and chemical
waste. Every year we discharge over 700 million tonnes of
/untreated