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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987
"I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME OF THAT ALREADY. I GO ON SOME WHICH ARE NOT NECESSARILY ANNOUNCED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WENT WITH MY WIFE TO A HOSPITAL RECENTLY.
VISITS AND I
"I SHALL BE DOING THOSE SORT OF VISITS AS WELL AS THE MORE PUBLICISED ONES LIKE THIS AFTERNOON. SOMETIMES, IT'S EASIER TO GO AND SEE THINGS FOR YOURSELF IF YOU ARE GOING WITH JUST TWO OR THREE PEOPLE RATHER THAN WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED," HE SAID.
UN ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON HK PROGRESS
THE EXECUTIVE
OF
THE
DIRECTOR
AND THE
PROGRAMME (UNEP), DR MUSTAFA TOLBA,
ASIA
UNITED
NATIONS
ENVIRONMENT
AND THE DIRECTOR AND REGIONAL
DR PACIFIC,
NAY HTUN, MET THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR A BRIEFING ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG
DR TOLBA AND DR NAY HTUN ARRIVED HERE LAST NIGHT STOP-OVER AND WOULD FLY TO PEKING THIS AFTERNOON.
FOR A SHORT
TOLBA AND DR NAY DURING THE MEETING, DR REED OUTLINED TO DR
DEPARTMENT AND THE PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL HTUN THE WORK OF THE
PLANNED, FOR MEASURES THAT HAD BEEN INTRODUCED ALREADY, OR ARE BEING PROFECTING HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT.
HAD
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG
THE GOVERNMENT DEVELOPED PROGRESSIVELY OVER THE PAST DECADE AND THAT
DISPOSAL AND POLLUTION HAD SPENT OVER HK$4,000 MILLION ON CONTROL FACILITIES DURING THAT PERIOD.
WASTE
PROTECTION LEGISLATION
THREE MAJOR PIECES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE, THE WATER
1980 AND THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE HAD BEEN ENACTED BETWEEN AND 1983, AND WERE NOW BEING ENFORCED PROGRESSIVELY.
WITH 1TS BILL CONTROL LAW, THE DRAFT NOISE A FOURTH NEW
THIS YLAR AND A RELATED TECHNICAL MEMORANDA, WAS GAZETTED IN MARCII
GROUND WAS NOW PUBLIC CONSULTATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED RE ENTLY. TRE BEING PREPARED FOR PROGRESSING THE NOISE CONTROL MEASURES THROUGH LEGISLATURE DURING THE COMING SESSION.
THE
/DR REED