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Saturday, December 29, 1973
HE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION SET UP
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A high-powered Committee has been formed to advise on the increasing
problem of environmental pollution.
Called the Advisory Committee on Environmental Pollution, the
Jommittee has been created by the amalgamation of the former Advisory
Committee on Air Pollution and the Advisory Committee on Environmental
Pollution on Land and Water.
It will come into effect on January 1 and will advise on all forms
of pollution control on land, sea, water and air and also on noise pollution.
The Committee's terms of reference are to keep under constant
review the state of the environment and pollution and to advise the
Secretary for the Environment on appropriate measures which might be taken
to combat pollution of all kinds.
The Chairman is Mr. J.L. Marden, until recently Chairman of the
Advisory Committee on Air Pollution.
Other unofficial members are appointed from industry, the universities
and other organisations. They include Miss Pauline Chan, Mr. Chan Pak Yip,
Mr. Hilton Cheong- heen, Dr. L.K. Ding, Mr. W.M. Donald, Mr. H.M.G. Forsgate,
Dr. Norman Ko, lir. Henry Litton, Dr. Daniel Ng, Professor D.S. Payne,
Mr. W.M. Sulke, Professor L.B. Thrower, and Mr. Geoffrey Yeh.
Official representation will be provided from the New Territories
Administration, Commerce & Industry Department, Public Works Department,
Agriculture & Fisheries Department, Royal Observatory, Labour Department,
Medical & Health Department, Civil-Aviation Department, Urban Services
Department, Marine Department, and the Transport Department.
The Deputy