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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1974
THE UNIT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME IS CLEARLY PAYING DIVIDENDS AS MORE AND MORE BUSINESSMEN SEEK HELP AND GUIDANCE.
MR. NEWÐURY ESTIMATES +CONSERVATIVELY+ THAT THE UNIT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME HAS CUT BY FIVE TO 10 PER CENT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL USED BY HONG KONG INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.
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+ IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF MONEY ALONE, THIS IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT,+ HE SAYS.
+HONG KONG'S ANNUAL FUEL BILL IS $500 MILLION. CENT REDUCTION MEANS A SAVING OF $25 MILLION.
A FIVE PER
+IF IT WASN'T FOR THE UNIT, WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO PAY THAT $25 MILLION.+
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FR. NEUBURY ADMITS THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, HONG KONG'S.' INDUSTRIALISTS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY ENVIRONMENT-CONSCIOUS. BY TALKING TO THEM IN THE LANGUAGE THEY KNOW BEST-PROFITABILITY THAT UNIT HAS WON A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CO-OPERATION AND GOODVILL IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
THERE IS A DEGREE OF IRONY IN THIS. STRONGEST OPPOSITION TO TOUGH POLLUTION CONTROL CAME FRON
A FEW YEARS ACO THE INDUSTRIALISTS WHO FEARED IT WOULD COST THEM DEARLY.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED A GREAT DEAL SINCE THEN, AS MR. MEWBURY TESTIFIES WITH THE STORY OF ONE BIG FACTORY OWNER WHO CAME TO THE UNIT RECENTLY SEEKING ADVICE ON HOW HE COULD REDUCE THE SHOKE POLLUTION DEING CAUSED BY HIS FACTORY.
AN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT TEAM MADE A THOROUCH
INVESTIGATION AND CAME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT NOT ONLY SOLVED HIS POLLUTION PROBLEM, DUT SLICED HIS FULL BILL BY 28 PER CENT SIMPLY BY IMPLEMENTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL KETI:ODS WHICH IS CERTAINLY A PAINLESS WAY OF HELPING MAKI HONG KONG A CLEANER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MR. JOHN MARDEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (EPCOM), R. DAVID NEWBURY AND OFFICERS OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE GIS CINEMA, 5TH FLOOR, DEACONSFIELD HOUSE, AT 12 KOON ON WEDNESDAY COCTOBER 27, TO COINCIDE WITH THE COMING TO FORCE OF THE DECLARATION OF ALL HONG KONG ISLAND CINCLUDING AP LI CHAU) AS A SIKE CONTROL ZONE. THE SUBJECT WILL BE INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IN HONG KONG FUTURE.
THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE
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