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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1978
AS TO THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONTROLS, THE COMPLEXITY OF SO MANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES TENDED TO MEAN THAŤ EFFORTS TO CONTROL ONE AREA OF POLLUTION COULD EASILY LEAD TO PROBLEMS IN ANOTHER POLLUTION AREA.
+FOR EXAMPLE, IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF SPACE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF REFUSE, YOU CAN REDUCE THE PROBLEM TY INCINERATING THE SOLID WASTE, THUS SAVING LAND INCINERATION CAN, HOWEVER, GIVE RISE TO AIR POLLUTION. WE NEED, THEN, TO LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF POLLUTION RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN ASPECTS IN THE SOMEWHAT PIECEMEAL APPROACH WHICH HAS BEEN. ADOPTED IN THE PAST.+
MR. BENNETT SAID IT WOULD SEEM TO BE IN THE INTERESTS OF INDUSTRIALISTS TO SEE THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTED AGAINST FURTHER DECAY, SINCE SERIOUS POLLUTION COULD ERING DISADVANTAGES TO INDUSTRY ITSELF AND ALSO IT WAS CONSIDERABLY LESS EXPENSIVE TO PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS INTO ANY OPERATION THAN IT WAS TO MOUNT A RESCUE OPERATION TO RECOVER FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, AND TO HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY TO INSTALL POLLUTION CONTROLS. ON TOP OF AN EXISTING OPERATION.
MR. BENNETT TOLD THE SYMPOSIUM: +WE SHALL TRY TO MAKE THE MOST USE OF OUR LIMITED SPACE FOR DEVELOPMENT WHILE' RECOGNISING THE CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PRESENT IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE TERRITORY. THE AIM IS TO APPLY SUCH CONTROLS AS ARE NECESSARY IN TERMS OF THE CAPACITY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL AREA TO ABSORE SUCH DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT UNDUE HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT. IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THESE CONSTRAINTS, AND IN ORDER THAT THE STANDARDS FOR CONTROLS IN RESPECT OF THE VARIOUS AREAS MAY BE ESTABLISHED, A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONITORING WORK WILL HAVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN.+
IT WAS PLANNED THAT THIS SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN AS A ROLLING PROGRAMME, STARTING WITH THE AREAS WHICH APPEARED TO BE MOST IN NEED OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN CFDER THAT A START MAY BE MADE WITHOUT DELAY.
"FORCEMENT IS KEY TO CLEAN HONG KONG
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MORE EMPHASIS ILL BE PLACED ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ANTI-LITTER LAWS DURING THIS YEAR'S CLEAN HONG KONG DRIVE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KEEP CAG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MRS. GRACE HO, SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHECY MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG EAST AT THE FURAMA HOTEL, MRS. HO SAID MORE LITTER WARDENS WOULD BE DEPLOYED THIS YEAR TO CARRY OUT THE ANTI-LITTER LEGISLATIONS.
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