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MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1988
HOWEVER, INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS,
WHICH WERE NOT A SERIOUS IN THIS ZONE, SHOULD
CONTRIBUTION AT THE MOMENT TO BEACH POLLUTION BE EXCLUDED UNTIL THE REVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE ON INDUSTRY IN THE TOLO WATER CONTROL ZONE WAS COMPLETED.
MEMBERS ALSO HOPED THAT THE EXISTING WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE COULD BE REVIEWED TO MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE IN CONTROLLING POLLUTION AND ALSO THAT EVERY EFFORT BE MADE ΤΟ USE EXISTING LEGISLATION TO CONTROL THE PROBLEM.
AT TODAY'S MEETING, MEMBERS APPROVED THE NOISE CONTROL BILL 1988 FOR SUBMISSION TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENTS ARISING FROM THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION WHICH FOLLOWED PUBLICATION OF THE BILL IN MARCH 1987.
MEMBERS NOTED THAT AFTER EIGHT YEARS AND 15 DRAFTS OF THE BILL IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT SOMETHING WAS DONE TO CONTROL NOISE IN HONG KONG, WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE NOISIEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 69 SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED. THESE SUBMISSIONS CAME FROM DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, INDIVIDUALS, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS.
MEMBERS ALSO EXAMINED VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SLUDGES GENERATED BY THE TREATMENT OF WATER AND SEWAGE IN THE SHA TIN AREA.
IT WAS AGREED THAT IN THE SHORT ΤΟ MEDIUM TERM A MARINE DISPOSAL SITE EAST OF WAGLAN ISLAND WAS THE MOST PRACTICABLE OPTION BUT THE OPERATION WOULD BE CAREFULLY MONITORED.
THE
SHOULD THE MONITORING PROGRAMME GIVE ANY SIGN THAT CAPACITY OF THE SITE WAS BEING EXCEEDED THEN AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD WOULD NEED TO BE ADOPTED.
PARTS 11, III OF NT LEASES EXTENSION LAW TAKE EFFECT
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NEW TERRITORIES PARTS 11 AND 111 OF THE ORDINANCE COME INTO OPERATION TODAY (MONDAY).
LEASES
(EXTENSION)
THE APPOINTED DATE
2047,
ORDINANCE, WHICH
FOR
ΤΟ THE SPECIAL
FOR SECTION 6 OF THE
AND
LEASES
AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDS THE TERM OF MOST NEW TERRITORIES LEASES
SHORT TERM TENANCIES EXCEPT PURPOSES 1S APRIL 25, 1988.
I
YEAR
/FOR LEASES