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TO DEAL WITH NOISE IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, A COMPREHENSIVE NOISE CONTROL UNIT IS BEING PREPARED WITH A VIEW TO ENACTMENT IN 1983.
THIS NOISE CONTROL BILL WILL PROVIDE FOR CONTROL OF NOISE FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES, INDUSTRY, AIR-CONDITIONING PLANTS AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD NOISE.
DR REED POINTS OUT THAT THE NATURE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY IN MANY PARTS OF THE TERRITORY CAN CAUSE TRAPPING OF POLLUTANTS RELEASED INTO THE AQUATIC OR AERIAL ENVIRONMENT AND THIS, TOGETHER WITH THE VERY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE HERE, MEANS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE MORE, RATHER THAN LESS, CARE IN HONG KONG ABOUT CONTROLLING POLLUTION THAN IS NECESSARY IN MOST OTHER PLACES.
*WE NEGLECT THE ENVIRONMENT AT OUR PERIL, HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT CHIEF SAID.
+EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS FAR BETTER TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AT AN EARLY STAGE RATHER THAN BEING FORCED INTO HURRIED, AND USUALLY MUCH MORE COSTLY, ACTION BY PRESSING CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS BECOME SO SEVERE THAT THEY CANNOT BE IGNORED.+
SAI KUNG BOAT PEOPLE URGED TO KEEP HARBOUR CLEAN
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MORE THAN 300 PLASTIC BUCKETS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOAT PEOPLE IN SAI KUNG HOI TO FACILITATE PROPER REFUSE DISPOSAL ON BOARD THE IR DWELLING JUNKS.
THE BUCKETS, CONTRIBUTED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, WERE HANDED OVER TO THE BOAT DWELLERS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR WILLIAM WAN DURING A VISIT ON A SAMPAN LAST WEEK.
MR WAN URGED THE BOAT PEOPLE TO KEEP THE HARBOUR CLEAN
TO IMPROVE SANITATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
HE REQUESTED THEM TO KEEP THEIR DOMESTIC REFUSE IN THE BUCKETS ON BOARD THEIR JUNKS AND BRING THEM TO THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT SPECIALLY SET UP NEAR THE JETTIES AT SAI KUNG TOWN FOR DISPOSAL.
INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF GARBAGE INTO THE HARBOUR WOULD CAUSE NOT ONLY POLLUTION BUT ALSO HEALTH HAZARDS, HE ADDED.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE VISIT WERE THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR LAM CHUNG-HUEN- THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MRS LAU NG WAI-LAN- AND THE DEPUTY URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHOI YEUNG-HUNG.
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