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The Deputy Secretary for Environment is also a member and the
administrative and secretarial services will be provided by the Environment
Branch of the Colonial Secretariat.
Announcing the formation of the new Committee, a government
spokesman said: "The formation of the Committee demonstrates the government's
determination to combat environmental pollution and to improve the
quality of life for the people of Hong Kong.
"It is highly appropriate that this new Committee should be
formed at a time when public concern has been expressed at the need for
tougher control measures to cope with possible pollution problems arising
from the establishment of special industries, such as the polystyrene
plant at Tsing Yi and the proposed oil refinery and the proposed petrochemical
plant at Lamma Island", be added.
It is expected that the Committee, whose first meeting is scheduled
for January 17 will organise itself into three sub-committees on land
and sea, air, and noise pollution. Mr. J.J. Robson, Secretary for the Environment
has accepted an invitation to address the Committee at its first meeting.
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