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Thursday, June 7, 1973
STEPS TO CURB ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
The biggest problem facing Hong Kong's environment in the future
is expected to be the ever-increasing population and the demands which will
be made on the limited land resources of Hong Kong.
A government spokesman, reviewing the progress and problems concerning
the environment, said that the way in which "we use the land will become
increasingly important, and its waste or deterioration by pollution will not
be tolerable".
To conserve and make use of what Hong Kong has will mean planning,
self-control and sanctions for those who misuse and pollute the land, he said,
At the same time, it will demand programmes of action for both the
government and the private sector, "but above all it demands the concern
and effort of everyone who lives in Hong Kong to ensure that те
do not spoil the environment which we and our successors were meant to enjoy",
the spokesman stressed.
Speaking about other trends which Hong Kong must guard against in
the future, he said that the great increase in the Sheung Shui tanneries
between 1968 and 1970, with their pollution problems, illustrated clearly the
dangers of too loose a control over land and industry.
Refuse disposal problems in the New Territories also showed that
as much attention must be devoted to the disposal of urban wastes as to other
forms of pollution.
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