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It is with this background that in autumn 1970 the
Deputy Colonial Secretary convened a meeting of the several
senior officials responsible for the state of cleanliness
in Hong Kong, to express the Government's concern at the
growing filth, and to plan measures to combat the situation.
This concern was reflected in the Governor's speech at the opening of the LegCo session in October 1970, when he
deprecated the increasing dirtiness all round, and advocated
something of a sustained and co-ordinated effort in this field, attacking the problem on all fronts", promising his support if the Urban Council, as the Authority basically
responsible, felt able to initiate some major move in the
field.
Environmental Pollution
I think it might also be appropriate to mention here
something about the new Committee which has been established,
and which I am privileged to chair, to look into the longer
term form of Environmental Pollution. Up till now the Committee has been principally concerned with analysis of the problems of pollution and their control, but this
analysis is being prepared with a view to the preparation of a series of reports throughout the next two years, which will contain recommendations on legislation and on public
expenditure to protect our environment. I have no doubt that
these recommendations, if they are implemented, will force
a change of attitude among cur polluters, and I would strongly advise anyone who now depends for his living on the release
of his/...
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