THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1987
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PROFESSIONAL BODY ON WATER POLLUTION AND MANAGEMENT FORMED
THE
MONITORING OF WATER QUALITY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN TERRITORY TOOK A STEP FORWARD TODAY (THURSDAY) WITH THE AMALGAMATION
OF BRANCH OF THREE UK PROFESSIONAL BODIES TO FORM THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IWEM).
THE
THEY ARE THE INSTITUTE OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, THE INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERS
OF INSTITUTE
WATER
ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS.
AND
THE
SPEAKING AT A MEETING MARKING THE AMALGAMATION OF THE THREE
DIRECTOR PROFESSIONAL BODIES, THE
OF ENVIRONMENTAL
DR PROTECTION, STUART REED, SAID THIS WAS A FAR-SIGHTED AND IMAGINATIVE STEP PART OF THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED.
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ON THE
"THE TIMING IS IMPECCABLE, SAID DR REED, "BECAUSE Ι BELIEVE WE ARE AT THE THRESHOLD OF A PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL MAKE HONG KONG'S PAST SPECTACULAR ACHIEVEMENTS SEEM PEDESTRIAN
COMPARISON".
EVEN BY
"MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENTS I REFER TO," DR REED CONTINUED, "HAVE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WATERS THAT SURROUND THE TERRITORY AND FOR THE SUPPLY
NEEDS OF WATER TO SERVICE THE EXPANDING DOMESTIC
OF
THE POPULALTION".
AND
INDUSTRIAL
"IT WILL REQUIRE THE COMBINED, CO-ORDINATED AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS OF ALL THOSE WITH PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL
ENSURE SKILLS IN THESE FIELDS TO
THAT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN RELATION TO SAFEGUARDING OUR AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT AND OUR WATER IS DONE."
AREA,
SUPPLY
MARINE MAJOR
DEVELOPMENTS REFERRED TO BY DR REED AS LIKELY TO AFFECT WATER QUALITY INCLUDED THE POSSIBLE NEW AIRPORT, LARGE ADDITIONAL RECLAMATIONS, MANY OF THEM IN THE VICTORIA HARBOUR
ΤΟ EXPANSIONS IN ROAD AND RAIL LINKS WITH CHINA LEADING
CONCOMITANT IN PORT REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EXPANSION
FACILITIES WAY BEYOND THE TERMINAL 6 THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND TERMINAL 7 WHICH IS NOW AT THE DESIGN STAGE.
INSUPERABLE
NO "I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE
DR PROBLEMS,
REED WARNING AT ASSERTED. "BUT I FEEL IT IS NECESSARY TO SOUND A WORD OF
DEVELOPMENT. THIS 19 THIS STAGE IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL STYLE OF THAT THE CONSERVATIVE CREEPING INCREMENTALISM THAT HAS SERVED US
BE A REASONABLY WELL IN THE PAST MAY NOT
APPROACH FOR THE
FUTURE".
VIABLE
SUCCESSIVE AREAS WE
IN
RECLAIMED "FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST WE HAVE OF LAND ADJACENT TO EXISTING URBAN AREAS AND FOR EACH RECLAMATION
THE SUBMARINE HAVE ADDED ON THE SEWERAGE INCREMENTALLY AND EXTENDED OUTFALLS. THIS HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST AVOIDING THE WORST WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
MORE
LESS OR
"
/HT I