WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1976
+THE UNIT WILL ALSO CARRY OUT PILOT STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE MOST SUITABLE METHODS FOR LOCAL USE AND WHERE NECESSARY WILL TRY TO ORGANISE COMMUNAL OR CO-OPERATIVE SERVICES WHERE THESE ARE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS, HE SAID.
MR. ROBSON EMPHASISED, HOWEVER, THAT THE GREATEST POLLUTION DANGER CAME FROM MAN HIMSELF.
IN THE URBAN AREA, MOST OF THE DOMESTIC SEWAGE WAS SCREENED TO REMOVE THE OFFENSIVE SOLIDS AND THEN DISCHARGED TO THE SEA YIA SUBMARINE OUTFALLS TO ACHIEVE ADEQUATE DILUTION AND DISPERSION OF THE SEWAGE.
+THIS IS PRIMITIVE BUT EFFICIENT AND, APART FROM A FEW BLACK SPOTS, THERE IS LITTLE VISIBLE POLLUTION FROM THIS SOURCE, HE SA ID.
BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN POPULATION, HE SAID, MONITORING OF THE LOCAL WATER HAD BEEN STARTED TO OBTAIN LONG-TERM DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF NEW FACILITIES FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL, AND TO ESTABLISH POLLUTION LEVELS AND TRENDS.
AT THE SAME TIME, CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO A MARINE DEPARTMENT PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THE SCAVENGING SERVICE IN THE EXISTING AREAS OF COLLECTION AND EXTEND IT TO CHAI WAN AND JUNK BAY.
TURNING TO INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS, MR. ROBSON SAID THAT AT PRESENT LITTLE OR NO TREATMENT OF THE EFFLUENTS WAS CARRIED OUT BY FACTORIES ENGAGED IN BLEACHING AND DYEING OR INDUSTRIES WHICH USED CHEMICALS IN THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
TO CONTROL INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS SUCH AS THESE, HE SAID. SUITABLE LEGISLATION WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE ENACTED WITHIN TWO YEARS,
ON VEHICLE EXHAUSTS, HE SAID LEGISLATION WOULD BE INTRODUCED SETTING STANDARDS FOR VISIBLE SMOKE EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES.
IN CONCLUSION, MR. ROBSON SAID THAT +HONG KONG IS NOT BADLY POLLUTED AND THAT, IN FACT, CONSIDERING OUR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR CONDITIONS WILL STAND COMPARISON WITH THOSE EXISTING ELSEWHERE.+
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