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BOOKESDAY,
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1975
AS DYEING AND FINISHING MILLS ARE, BY THE IR VERY NATURE, BULK USERS OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF INDUSTRIAL WATER WHICH TAKES UP A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THEIR OPERATING COSTS, HE THOUGHT A WAY SHOULD BE FOUND FOR THEM TO USE UNTREATED WATER TO CUT DOWN COSTS.
BY GROUPING ALL OF THEM IN A SPECIAL ZONE AS HE PROPOSED, ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPLYING SUCH UNTREATED WATER, FOR EXAMPLE FROM EAST RIVER WHICH IS USUALLY UNINTERRUPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, COULD BE MADE.
POLLUTION WILL ALSO BE LESS OF A HAZARD TO THE POPULATION AND WILL BE AT A PLACE WHERE IT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY AND COLLECTIVELY DEALT WITH.
SUCH A ZONE COULD BE LEASED TO APPLICANTS ON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS WOULD DISCOURAGE LAND SPECULATION SO THAT ONLY DYEING AND FINISHING MILLS WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO MOVE IN.
MR. TIEN HOPED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND ALL THOSE CONCERNED WILL PUT THEIR MINDS TOGETHER TO EXAMINE WHETHER SUCH A SCHEME IS FEASIBLE AND WORTHWHILE.
IF IT IS CONSIDERED PRACTICABLE, HE HOPED IT WOULD BE MADE KNOWN TO THE INDUSTRY SO AS TO ENABLE THE PRESENT OPERATORS TO WORK OUT THEIR OWN TIME-TABLE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION.