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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1985
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PROGRESS ON IMPROVING ENVIRONMENT REVIEWED
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MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR ON IMPROV ING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EFFORTS AIMED AT PREVENTING FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED.
IN AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S ANNUAL REVIEW FOR 1984-85, DR REED SAID. THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT WAS THE FORMAL ENDORSEMENT BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMMITTEE IN JANUARY THIS YEAR OF A NEW ENVIRONMENT+ CHAPTER FOR INCLUSION IN THE HONG KONG PLANNING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES THE MANNUAL THAT DIRECTS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN
HONG KONG.
THE +ENVIRONMENT+ CHAPTER, WHICH WAS PREPARED BY A GOVERNMENT WORKING GROUP CHAIRED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, WAS PUBLISHED AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT ENTITLED +ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINee FOR PLANNING IN HONG KONG+, AND WAS RELEASED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
DR REED SAID THAT PROGRESS WAS ALSO MADE WITH THE APPLICATION OF THE IMPROVED PROCEDURES INTRODUCED IN 1983-84 FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) OF MAJOR PROJECTS.
THESE PROCEDURES, HE SAID, INVOLVED THE FORMATION OF AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL STUDY MANAGEMENT GROUP, THE ADOPTION OF FORMAL TERMS OF REFERENCE TO DEFINE CLEARLY THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE EIA AND A TWO-STAGE ASSESSMENT COMPRISING INITIAL OVERALL ASSESSMENT FOLLOWED BY DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT.
MAJOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TACKLED IN THIS WAY DURING 1984-85 INCLUDE THE LAND FORMATION ASPECTS OF THE TIN SHUT WAT NEW TOWN, LARGE LAGOONS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF PULVERISED FUEL ASH AT TSANG TSUI AND THE SECOND GAS PRODUCTION PLANT NO BEING BUILT ON A SITE AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
/DR REED