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untreated sewage and
coastal waters.
harbour.
sewage
chemical
waste into our streams and
Much of this goes straight into the
To solve these problems we have launched a
comprehensive programme to upgrade our chemical waste,
and refuse disposal facilities.
Solving
long-standing environmental problems is very expensive;
but, despite our severe financial constraints, we must and
will press ahead. Over the next five years alone, we have
committed some $8 billion to this crucial programme.
58.
legislative controls.
This
We also need new
session, Members will be asked to consider measures to
tighten our legislation on air and water pollution.
to consider new proposals for controlling toxic waste.
59.
Also
Pollution is no respecter of boundaries.
If our
plans are to succeed, we need to work closely with our
neighbours in Guangdong. Gradually we are building up the
habit and the mechanisms for doing this. The Hong Kong -
Guangdong Environment Protection Liaison Group has a full
agenda in the year ahead.
For example, our plans to
improve the
the Chinese
treatment of sewage depend on cooperation with
authorities on the
construction
of a ten
/kilometre