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Friday, March 29, 1974
DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT POLLUTION
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The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, said this evening that
all the new development in Hong Kong must be achieved in a way that
does not pollute or destroy the fine stetches of open country to the
east and west of the main urban areas the recreational lungs of
Hong Kong.
This too, he said, is the engineers' problem, though the
government has the obligation to draft legislation laying down standards
..to which they can work for their clients.
Sir Murray was speaking at the annual dinner of the Engineering
-Society of Hong Kong.
Looking to the long term, the Governor thought it is everyone's
wish in Hong Kong that in this decade "we can make a major effort
to fill the deficiencies of life that excessive immigration has produced."
"It requires a simultaneous advance on many fronts involving
e major effort of planning
and finance.
engineering, construction, administration.
"The construction of the Hong Kong of the future is an exciting
business and I think that the most exciting part in it is yours,
Murray told the gathering.
Following is the full text of the Governor's speech:
"There are far too few engineers in Hong Kong. So I am delighted
that you as a Society are taking practical steps to encourage technical
education, and thus the flow of young people who may enter one of your many
disciplines. I assure you that in this the Government too will do everything
it can.
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