WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1982
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MR BRAY SAID TWO NEW ORDINANCES - THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE IN FEBRUARY 1980 AND THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE IN JULY 1980- HAD SO FAR BEEN INTRODUCED.
+REGULATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE ORDINANCES ARE NOW UNDER ACTIVE PREPARATION. CONSULTANTS HAVE ALSO BEEN COMMISSIONED TO STUDY VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCES, SUCH AS THE CONTROL OF ANIMAL WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE TOLO AREA,+ MR BRAY SAID.
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION, HE SAID A KEY CONSIDERATION WHICH HAD ALWAYS BEEN BORNE IN MIND HAD BEEN THE NEED TO AVOID PLACING A SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON EXISTING INDUSTRY.
+ INSTEAD OF IMPOSING BLANKET CONTROLS OVER THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG BY HAVING A SINGLE SET OF EMISSION LIMITS, DIFFERENT EMISSION LIMITS WILL BE DRAWN UP FOR DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. THIS PROVIDES FOR AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE CONTROL SYSTEM,+ HE SAID.
MR BRAY STRESSED THE NEED FOR CONSULTATION WITH INDUSTRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY PROPOSED CONTROL MEASURES WERE PRACTICABLE AND ACCEPTABLE TO INDUSTRY IN TERMS OF COSTS AND PROCEDURES.
TO ENSURE THAT THE INDUSTRY HAS A STRONG VOICE IN THE FORMULATION OF CONTROL MEASURES. MR BRAY SAID A GENERAL REQUIREMENT HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE NEW LEGISLATION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (EPCOM) MUST BE CONSULTED ON ANY PROPOSED REGULATIONS TO BE MADE UNDER THE LEGISLATION.
THE THREE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS - THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES - ARE REPRESENTED ON EPCOM,
MR ERAY PRAISED THE INDUSTRY FOR CO-OPERATING WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROL MEASURES AND NOTED THAT THERE HAD ALSO BEEN GROWING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF POLLUTION IN RECENT YEARS.
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