THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1987
"BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS APPROACH OF CREEPING INCREMENTALISM.
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"WE ARE GOING то HAVE ΤΟ ADOPT A MUCH MORE IMAGINATIVE APPROACH AND TO LOOK AT MAJOR INTERCEPTION SCHEMES AND TRUNK SEWERS THAT MATCH THE NEEDS OF A CONURBATION EXPANDING INTO THE 21ST
CENTURY."
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"IT IS FOR THIS REASON, DR REED CONTINUED, "THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A MAJOR STUDY AIMED AT ESTABLISHING AN OVERALL SEWAGE STRATEGY FOR HONG KONG AND WE ARE SUFFICIENTLY WELL ADVANCED то HAVE RECENTLY CARRIED OUT A PREQUALIFICATION EXERCISE FOR CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE TO CARRY OUT THIS SORT OF WORK.
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DR REED ALSO REFERRED TO THE SUCCESSIVE RECLAMATIONS THAT HAD
INEVITABLY INTERFERE WITH THE FREE FLOW OF WATER AND COULD SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON WATER QUALITY IN THAT AREA.
AND ARE TAKING PLACE OFF, FOR EXAMPLE, KWAI CHUNG WHICH WOULD
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HAVE
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"WE NEED TO LOOK AT RADICALLY DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR EVERY ALTERNATIVE WE NERD ΤΟ LOOK AT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY NOT JUST IN VICTORIA HARBOUR. WE NEED TO EXAMINE ALSO HOW RECLAMATIONS OR STRUCTURES IN THE HARBOUR COULD AFFECT, TO COIN A PHRASE, THE FLUSHING OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
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WE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS EMBARKED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER-BASED WATER QUALITY MODEL THAT WILL ENABLE THE VARIOUS OPTIONS TO BE TESTED FOR THEIR EFFECT ON WATER QUALITY.
"IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES," DR REED CONCLUDED, "IT IS ESSENTIAL, ESPECIALLY IN A SMALL PLACE SUCH AS HONG KONG, THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE AND THRIVING BODY OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE WATER QUALITY, SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY FIELDS WHO HAVE AN ORGANISATION, LIKE THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED IWEM, THAT CAN ARRANGE LEARNED SOCIETY ACTIVITIES AND MEETINGS SO THAT THOSE CONCERNED CAN SUBJECT THEIR IDEAS, PROPOSALS AND PROJECTS TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PEERS AND THEIR SENIORS.'
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