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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1984
ACADEMIC EXPERTISE WILL BE PRESENT IN THE PERSONS OF PROF. BRIAN MORTON OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, A NOTED EXPERT IN WATER POLLUTION MATTERS DR K... FUNG, ALSO OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, WHOSE INTEREST LIES IN THE AIR POLLUTION FIELD AND WHOSE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A STUDY OF BLOOD-LEAD LEVELS IN HONG KONG PEOPLE- AND DR DAVID JOHNS, RECENTLY-APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND A FORMER PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UK INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS.
IN ORDER THAT EPCOM MAY FUNCTION AS A WELL-BALANCED COMMITTEE, IN WHICH ALL THE IMPLICATIONS AND ASPECTS OF POLLUTION CONTROL POLICY MAY BE WEIGHED AND CONSIDERED, THREE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED ON THE NOMINATION OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIAL/ COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS. THESE ARE THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE MEMBERS APPOINTED ON THEIR NOMINATION ARE MR PHILIP LAI, MR S.H. SUNG AND MR STAN H.Y. FUNG RESPECTIVELY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE RECONSTITUTED EPCOM WAS WELL-EQUIPPED TO TACKLE WHAT PROMISED TO BE A CHALLENGING PROGRAMME IN THE YEAR AHEAD, IN WHICH PROPOSALS ON MATTERS AS DIVERSE AS FLOATING REFUSE, ANIMAL WASTE POLLUTION IN THE STEAMS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE. NEW DRAFT NOISE CONTROL BILL, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROLS IN TOLO HARBOUR, THE FIRST WATER CONTROL ZONE AND THE BRINGING-INTO EFFECT OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS UNDER THE NEW AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE WERE LIKELY TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
A NEW
IN PARALLEL WITH THESE CHANGES TO THE EPCOM STRUCTURE TOP-LEVEL INTRA-GOVERNMENT POLLUTION CONTROL POLICY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE. THE COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE OVERALL COORDINATION AND DIRECTION FOR THE POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMME AND WILL BE THE IN-HOUSE COUNTERPART OF EPCOM. MEMBERS ARE THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR EDDIE SHORT, THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, MR JOHN TODD AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED. THE PERSONAL ATTENDANCE OF THESE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS IS EXPECTED TO GUARANTEE TO THE COMMITTEE THE NECESSARY DEGREE OF AUTHORITY AND EXPERIENCE TO DRIVE THROUGH A WELL THOUGHT-OUT POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMME.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE RESTRUCTURED EPCOM AND THE NEW POLLUTION CONTROL POLICY COMMITTEE WOULD COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER AND PROVIDE EFFICIENT AND DYNAMIC MACHINERY AT THE TOP LEVEL IN THE CAUSE OF POLLUTION CONTROL.
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