SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1988
GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO TACKLE POLLUTION PROBLEM
POLLUTION PROBLEM
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CHIEF
THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO TACKLE THE AND MAKE HONG KONG A PLACE OF WHICH WE CAN BE TRULY PROUD, SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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"BUT WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORT WOULD ONLY COME WHEN THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG REALISE HOW IMPORTANT A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT 13 FOR THEM AND FOR THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHILDREN, HE STRESSED.
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING AT A TREE PLANTING CEREMONY HELD AT THE KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY HONG KONG 1988,
THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY MARKED ANOTHER STEP IN FOCUSSING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION, HE SAID.
"IT MUST BE OBVIOUS TO US ALL, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE REALISED EARLIER THAN WE DID HONG KONG'S FAST GROWING ECONOMY WOULD BRING POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN ITS WAKE.
"AFTER ALL, EVERY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN THE WORLD HAS FACED SUCH PROBLEMS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
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"BUT ALL IS NOT LOST. HONG KONG HAS THE RESOURCES, THE WILL, AND THE DETERMINATION TO TACKLE THE POLLUTION PROBLEM AND MAKE OUR CITY A PLACE OF WHICH WE CAN BE TRULY PROUD, SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY OUTLINED VARIOUS MEASURES PLANNED FOR KWUN TONG WHICH IS ONE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND POOR URBAN PLANNING.
ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT OF HONG KONG'S OLDEST DISTRICT SUFFERING FROM
HE POINTED OUT THAT ONE PROBLEM IN KWUN TONG WAS THE INADEQUATE DISPOSAL FACILITIES,
"THE SMELL OF KOWLOON BAY GIVES
AN UNFORTUNATE YET POWERFUL FIRST IMPRESSION TO MANY VISITORS TO HONG KONG, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM REMEDIAL MEASURES, INCLUDING INTERCEPTION OF POLLUTED SURFACE WATER AND INJECTION OF OXYGEN INTO THE WORST PARTS OF THE BAY,
"OUR CONSULTANTS ARE NOW WORKING ON THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION BY DESIGNING A SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN FOR EAST KOWLOON. THE STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WE WILL THEN HAVE CONCRETE PLANS ON HOW BEST TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, HE SAID.
/SIR DAVID